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THE 

VALDRIS  BOOK 


A  MANUAL  OF 

THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND 


BY 

ANDREW  A.  VEBLEN 


MINNEAPOLIS 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AUTHOR 
1920 


COPYRIGHT    I82O    BY 
ANDREW    A.    VEBLEN 


USIVERSITY  OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  LIBRAE! 


PREFACE 

The  Valdris  Book  is  written  because  some  sort  of  Manual 
of  the  Valdris  Samband  appeared  to  be  required  at  this  time. 
The  undersigned  became  its  author  for  the  reason  that  there 
seemed  to  be  no  one  else  available  for  the  undertaking;  and 
he  became  solely  responsible  for  its  contents  and  its  general 
character,  for  the  further  reason  that  he  had  no  opportunity 
to  secure  collaboration  in  its  production. 

Those  Americans  who  are  in  any  degree  of  Valdris  strain 
or  descent,  doubtless  outnumber  their  kinsmen  in  the  old  home 
valley  two  or  three  times  over.  A  considerable  number  would 
of  course  have  enjoyed  to  have  the  book  offered  to  them  in 
the  language  of  the  fathers;  but  to  make  the  contents  acces- 
sible to  all  of  them,  as  well  as  to  the  general  public,  with 
whom  Valdrises  will  wish  to  share  whatever  of  special  infor- 
mation the  volume  may  contain,  it  has  been  written  in  the 
language  which  forms  our  national  medium  of  expression. 

The  first  chapter,  on  Valdris^  is  designed  to  serve  the 
purpose  of  introducing  the  young  American  Valdris  to  the 
ancestral  habitat  of  the  fathers,  and  it  is  hoped  that  it  may 
help  to  stimulate  deserved  interest  in  the  fair  valley  that 
produced  our  sturdy  pioneer  forbears. 

The  bygdelag  movement,  which  has  grown  out  of  the 
kinship  feeling  between  those  that  have  come  from  a  com- 
mon neighborhood,  began  among  the  Valdrises  twenty-one 
years  ago.  They  gave  this  sentiment  concrete  expression  in 
their  stevne-reunions  and  in  the  building  up  of  their  "Sam- 
band",  which  stood  as  a  unique,  fully  evolved  type  for  the 
"lags"  that  the  other  kinship  groups  formed,  when,  some 
years  after,  they  began  to  emulate  the  example  set  by  the 
Valdrises. 

This  peculiar  position  of  the  Valdris  Samband  among  its 


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younger  sister  bygdelags,  so  interweaves  its  history  with  that 
of  the  whole  movement,  that  it  can  not  well  be  isolated  for 
treatment.  Hence  the  outline  sketch  embodied  in  the  second 
chapter,  which  it  is  hoped  will,  moreover,  be  found  useful 
for  its  own  sake  inasmuch  as  a  fulfer  history  of  the  bygdelag 
movement  is  not  yet  available. 

The  lists  of  members  and  of  war  service  people,  with  the 
information  which  they  contain,  are  commended  to  all  con- 
cerned for  careful  scrutiny.  They  have  been  compiled  with 
painstaking  care,  but  doubtless  they  are  marred  by  errors, 
which  in  the  nature  of  the  case  have  likely  crept  in.  If  cor- 
rections are  sent  to  the  author,  he  will  endeavor  to  supply 
the  proper  rectifications  for  the  records  of  the  Samband, 
from  which  the  compilations  have  been  made. 

An  overlooked  omission  in  copying  the  manuscript  is  re- 
sponsible for  the  misleading  reference  to  Harold's  realm  at 
the  top  of  page  26. 

The  author  wishes  to  tender  his  thanks  to  all  who  have 
aided  in  securing  the  information  concerning  those  who  served 
in  the  war,  to  his  colleagues  of  the  Styre  for  their  encourage- 
ment and  active  aid  in  bringing  about  the  publication  of  the 
Valdris  Book,  and  particularly  to  Mr.  Iver  Hain,  to  whose 
ever  unfailing  efforts,  in-  these  for  bookmakers  troublous 
times,  is  in  large  measure  due  the  successful  issue  of  the 
undertaking. 

Andrew   A.   Veblen. 

East  San  Diego,  California 

June,  1920. 


CONTENTS 

CHAPTER  I.  VALDRIS.  A  SKETCH  OF  THE  ANCES- 
TRAL HOME  OF  THE  VALORISES. 
Xonvay,  9.  Valdris,  the  Name,  11.  Situation  and  Sub- 
divisions, 13.  Physical  Characteristics,  15.  Roads,  22. 
Dairying,  24.  Tradition  and  History,  25.  The  Princess 
Gyda,  25.  Historical  Personages,  27.  Schools,  29.  Folk- 
lore, 31.  Church  Architecture.  Stav-Churches,  35. 

CHAPTER  II.     THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT. 

Some  Definitions,  44.  Conditions  that  Led  up  to  the 
Movement,  45.  Chronology.  48.  History  of  the  Move- 
ment, the  Valdrises,  51.  Newspaper  Agitation,  54.  The 
Fargo  Coterie,  56.  Formation  of  Bygdelags,  61.  Claims 
of  Originating  the  Movement,  68.  Co-operation,  17th  of 
May  Celebration,  70.  Council  of  Bygdelags,  81.  Consti- 
tution of  the  Council,  83.  Bygdelag  Publications,  84.  The 
Bygdelags  and  the  War.  87.  List  of  the  Lags  and  Of- 
ficers, 88. 

CHAPTER  III.     THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND. 

Chronicles  of  the  Samband,  91.  First  Reunions  of  Val- 
drises, 97.  Organization  of  Valdris  Samband,  102.  The 
Constitution,  105.  Personl  Records  of  Members,  107. 
Valdrisgjesteb0,  111.  Valdris  Helsing,  116.  Local  Sam- 
lags,  119.  Expansion  of  the  Stevne,  122.  History  Com- 
mittee, 124.  Parish  Tags,  126.  Samband  Magazine,  127. 
The  1914  Celebration,  Valdrisgave,  132.  The  Samband  and 
the  War,  134. 

CHAITKR    IV.     THE/    MEMBERS    OF    THE    VALDRIS 
SAMBAND. 
Introductory  Explanation,  136.  The  Membership  List,  139. 


CHAPTER     V.      VALORISES     WHO     ENTERED     THE 
COUNTRY'S  SERVICE  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR. 
Introductory  Statement,  218.     The  Service  List,  221. 

CHAPTER  VI.  SOME  DOCUMENTS.  SELECTIONS 
WRITTEN  BY  VALORISES  IN  AMERICA. 
The  Constitution  of  the  Valdris  Samband,  280.  Lajord's 
Letter  of  Febr.  2,  1899,  282.  The  "Otter  Tail"  Letter, 
283.  Lajord's  Song  at  First  Stevne,  285.  Lajord's  Song 
of  1900,  286.  Letter  from  President  G.  Hoyme,  289. 
Valdrisn,  O.  K.  Fuglei,  290.  Valdris,  T.  K.  Rogne,  292. 
Bufardagen,  R.  N.  Qualley,  293.  Eit  Minde  fraa  Slidre, 
E.  A.  Hjelle,  295.  Haelvtumsingen,  Prof.  John  Dahle,* 
296.  I  Valdris,  O.  L.  Kirkeberg,  297.  Vang,  O.  I.  Platen, 
298.  Langbein  Rese,  O.  I.  Flaten.  298.  Diktarsjuka, 
O.  K.  Fuglei,  299.  Tenistgutn,  Johs.  Belsheim,  301.  Han 
Ellend  Sjel,  302. 


A  .MAP  OF  NORWAY  AND  OF  VALDRIS 
Folding  to  Inside  of  Back  Cover. 


CHAPTER  I. 

VALDRIS 

A  SKETCH  OF  THE  ANCESTRAL  HOME  OF  THE  VALORISES. 

NORWAY. 

The  Scandinavian  Peninsula,  lying  between  the  Baltic  and 
the  Gulf  of  Finland  on  the  east  and  the  North  Sea  and  Atlan- 
tic and  Arctic  Oceans  on  the  west  and  north,  is  occupied  by 
the  two  kingdoms  Norway  and  Sweden.  The  area  of  the 
former  is  to  that  of  the  latter  in  the  ratio  of  11  to  14,  and 
Norway  embraces  very  nearly  125,600  square  miles.  The  dis- 
tance in  a  straight  line  from  the  Naze,  Lindesnes,  at  the  ex- 
treme south  to  Vardoe  at  the  farthest  northeast,  near  Russia, 
is  1120  miles.  If  a  line  be  drawn  so  as  to  touch  the  headlands 
of  the  coast,  from  the  Swedish  border  in  the  south  to  the  Rus- 
sian boundary  on  the  Arctic,  it  will  be  1710  miles  long.  But  the 
total  length  of  shore  line,  traced  into  all  the  bays  and  numer- 
ous deep  inlets,  measures  about  10,500  miles. 

The  northearn  part  of  the  country,  for  nearly  two-thirds 
of  its  entire  length,  from  the  Russian  border  to  the  Trondhjem 
fjord,  is  a  strip  of  varying  breadth  from  the  coast  to  the 
watershed,  averaging  perhaps  65  miles.  Southern  Norway, 
containing  the  greater  part  of  the  population  and  being  other- 
wise the  portion  of  chief  general  importance,  may  be  described 
as  a  fairly  regular  oval,  some  400  miles  long  from  north  to 
south  and  about  260  miles  maximum  width  from  the  cost  to 
Sweden. 

A  fairly  well  marked  ridge  forms  a  watershed  along  the 
boundary  between  Sweden  and  Northern  Norway ;  but  though 
Southern  Norway  is  very  largely  a  mountainous  region  it  can 
hardly  be  said  to  have  any  clearly  marked  chains  of  mountains. 


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The  interior  is  rather  an  elevated  table-land  but  quite  broken 
with  gorges  and  valleys  and  rising  into  many  peaks  and  a 
number  of  icefields  of  considerable  elevation  inland.  The 
wildest  and  most  elevated  portion  of  the  mountainous  interior, 
occupying  approximately  the  center  of  the  oval,  is  often  called 
Jotunheimen,  meaning  the  Home  of  the  Jotuns,  or  fabled 
giants  of  the  ancient  Norse  mythology. 

The  population  of  Norway,  which  is  not  far  from  two  and 
a  half  millions,  is  distributed  upon  the  limited  areas  of  low- 
lying  coast  lands  in  the  south,  along  the  shores  of  the  peculiar 
long  inlets,  and  among  the  narrow  and  frequently  canyon- 
like  valleys  of  the  watercourses  throughout  the  interior. 

In  the  political  subdivision  of  Norway  the  Amt  is  the  chief 
administrative  district  and  the  highest  officer  is  called  Amt- 
mand.  There  are  twenty  amts.  Below  the  amt  is  the  Fogderi 
or  district  presided  over  by  the  foged.  It  is  in  a  way  the 
nearest  equivalent  of  the  American  county,  as  a  political  divi- 
sion, and  there  are  50  or  60  fogderier.  The  Herred  is  a  town- 
ship-like subdivision  of  the  Fogderi,  and  there  are  some  500 
of  these  rural  communes.  The  cities  and  towns  have  a  some- 
what different  system  of  subdivision  and  administration. 

Norway  has  a  state  church,  and  the  ecclesiastical  subdivi- 
sions are,  in  order,  the  Stift  or  diocese,  the  Provsti  or  deanery, 
the  Prestegjeld  or  parish,  and  the  Sogn  or  congregation.  The 
bounds  of  a  congregation  are  generally  dependent  on  the  ease 
or  difficulty  of  communication  as  determined  by  natural  bar- 
riers of  the  settlements,  or  bygds.  each  with  its  church  in  its 
midst.  Two  to  four  congregations  are  grouped  in  a  parish 
with  its  pastor,  who  may  have  an  assistant  or  Kapellan,  as 
may  be  determined  by  the  size  and  importance  of  his  charge. 
The  congregation  within  which  the  pastor  resides  is  styled 
Hovedsogn,  head  congregation,  and  its  church  is  Hovedkirke. 
The  other  congregations  of  the  parish  are  called  Annexes  and 
their  churches  are  annex  churches. 

The  same  natural  features  that  have  served  to  set  off  the 
parishes  as  divisions  of  definite  extent,  have  likewise  operated 


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to  fix  the  boundaries  of  the  administrative  districts,  so  that 
the  township  or  herred  is  almost  always  coextensive  with  the 
parish.  In  the  cities  and  larger  towns  administrative  and 
ecclesiastic  organization  is  more  a  matter  of  artificially  con- 
venient considerations. 

The  system  of  organization  for  administration  and  for 
local  government  described  above,  is  not  in  absolute  harmony 
with  the  latest  enacted  organization  and  nomenclature  in  every 
detail.  But  it  is  substantially  that  which  Americans  of  Nor- 
wegian extraction  are  or  have  been  accustomed  to  use,  and 
should  at  least  be  sufficiently  correct  for  such  a  brief  sum- 
mary as  that  here  atempted. 

VALDRIS. 

THE  NAME. — From  the  time  of  the  earliest  documentary 
records  the  name  of  the  county  Valdris,  has  naturally  been 
subject  to  some  variation  of  form  and  probably  of  pronuncia- 
tion, and  usage  is  not  even  at  this  day  strictly  uniform  in 
these  regards.  The  official  spelling  now  seems  to  be  Valdres, 
though  until  toward  the  close  of  the  nineteenth  century  it  was 
Valders,  which  seems  to  have  been  the  form  used  in  official 
documents  and  records  for  a  century  or  more  previously.  In 
this  form  the  d  was  silent  and  the  pronunciation  was  Vallers. 
Most  likely  this  form,  Valders,  was  due  to  the  tendency  of 
assimilating  Norwegian  names  to  the  Danish  speech,  which 
was  softer  in  pronunciation  than  the  vernacular  in  Norway. 
By  the  Valdrises,  and  most  others,  the  form  Valdres  is  pro- 
nounced Yaldris,  a  like  that  in  father  but  shorter  in  quantity, 
and  is  as  this  combination  is  pronounced  in  History.  A  re- 
sident or  native  of  Valdres,  or  Valdris,  is  called  a  Valdris. 
In  order  to  conform  to  the  pronunciation  many  have  in  the 
past  spelled  the  name  of  the  district  with  i  rather  than  e,  and 
some  do  so  still.  To  the  author  of  this  sketch  it  has  seemed 
best  to  use  in  it  the  form  Valdris,  as  giving  in  English  a  nearer 
approximation  to  the  pronunciation  than  the  official  spelling. 

This  matter  of  nomenclature  has  been  the  subject  of  no 


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VA.LDRIS  13 

little  controversy.  In  a  recent  issue  of  the  newspaper  "Valdres" 
it  was  stated  that  the  question  had  by  some  one  been  submit- 
ted to  three  of  the  University  professors  at  Kristiania,  who 
had  given  it  as  their  opinion  that  Valdres  is  the  "most  ancient 
old-Norse  and  the  best"  written  form.  The  late  O.  A.  Alf- 
stad,  doubtless  the  best  informed  'authority  of  his  day  on 
\raldris  history  and  antiquities,  is  quoted  as  follows  (Valdris 
Helsing  March,  1909)  :  "Valdris,  Valdres,  Valders.  Which 
of  these  names  is  most  correct?  I  believe  the  first  decidedly; 
for  according  to  documents  that  1  have  at  hand,  from  1235, 
1368,  1412,  1535,  1574,  1595,  1604,  1649,  etc.,  the  name  of 
the  fylke  is  constantly  written  Valdris.  One  Michael  von 
Schoening  about  1688  wrote  Valders.  A  judge  from  Tele- 
mark,  about  1660,  wrote  Valdriss.  The  first  who  advocated 
the  writing  Valdres  was  High  School  Master  Bergsgaard. 
"Ris"  may  mean  "rise",  a  large  being  which  lived  in  the 
mountains  and  valleys.  "Res"  is  used  of  a  tall,  thin  lout  or 
of  a  horse  too  high  for  its  stoutness." 

In  documents  (quoted  by  Islandsmoen:  S.  Aurd.  &  Etned.) 
from  1514,  1650,  1665,  1670,  occur  the  forms,  Waldnztes, 
Valdriss,  Waldres,  Walderiis,  Walders,  Wallders,  Vallars, 
Wall^rss. 

It  may  be  pertinent  to  remark,  that  W  in  Norwegian  has 
the  same  phonetic  value  as  V,  and  is  in  the  Norwegian  al- 
phabet a  redundant  letter,  serving  only  to  preserve  the  written 
form  of  names  and  words  borrowed  from  languages  in  which 
w  is  in  fact  a  distinct  letter.  In  written  Norwegian  documents 
the  use  of  either  letter  seems  to  have  been  contingent  on  the 
taste  and  fancy  of  the  penman. 

SITUATION  AND  DIVISIONS. — The  fogderi,  bailiwic,  or  county 
of  Valdris  is  identical  in  extent  with  the  provsti  or  deanery 
of  the  same  name.  Its  area  is  2100  square  miles,  which  is  not 
quite  3  per  cent,  of  southern  Norway,  or  that  part  lying  south 
of  the  Trondhjem  fjord.  Or  it  is  nearly  1.7  per  cent,  of  the 
whole  surface  of  Norway.  It  is  an  oblong  basin  occupying 
the  geographic  center  of  southern  Norway,  and  beginning  in 


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the  southern  confines  of  Jotunheimen  it  slopes  southeastward 
some  eighty  miles  in  length  and  has  a  width  of  slightly  more 
than  thirty  miles.  Approximately  it  lies  between  8°  and 
10°  east  longitude,  and  60°  30'  and  61°  30'  north  latitude. 
It  lies  about  as  far  north  as  Mt.  St.  Elias,  or  the  center 
of  Hudson's  Bay,  the  north  extremity  of  Labrador,  or 
the  south  end  of  Greenland.  Valdris  is  bounded  on  the 
north  and  east  by  Gudbrandsdal  and  Land,  southeast  by 
Aadal,  southwest  by  Hallingdal,  and  on  the  west  by  Sogn. 
Secularly  it  is  subdivided  into  six  herreder  (townships),  or 
ecclesiastically,  the  provsti,  is  divided  into  six  parishes,  which 
agree  in  extent  and  in  name  with  the  township  divisions.  The 
parishes  with  their  respective  congregations  are  tabulated  be- 
low. The  data  are  taken  from  the  census  of  1900,  but  are  not 
far  in  error  for  the  present  time,  and  are  not  misleading  as 
to  distribution  of  the  people  in  the  subdivisions  or  even  as 
regards  actual  values. 

PARISH    AND  AREA    IN  POPULATION  NUMBER   I'KR 

CONGREGATION  SQ  MILES         CENSUS   1900       SQ   MILE 

VANG  620  2083  3.37 

0ie  249  375  1.53 

Vang   (h)  341  1172  3.41 

Hurum  30  536  17.86 

WEST  SLIDRE  180  2679  14.88 

Lomen  66  801  12.14 

Slidre  (h)  59  907  15.37 

R0n  55  971  17.66 

EAST  SLIDRE  336  2228  6.63 

Hegge   (h)  200  1139  5.70 

Volbu  59  241  4.08 

Rogne  86  848  9.86 

NORTH  AURDAL  355  4476  12.61 

Skrantvaal  104  938  9.02 

Ulnes  52  782  15.04 


(h)   Head  Congregation. 


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Svenes  72  962  13.36 

Aurdal    (h)  127  1794  14.13 

ETNEDALEN  170  1739  10.23 

North  Etnedal  45  382  8.48 

Bruflat  (h)  125  1357  10.86 

SOUTH  AURDAL  436  3811  8.74 

Bagn    (h)  143  1690  11.82 

Reinli  31  619  19.97 

Begndalen  103  648  6.29 

Hedalen  159  854  5.31 

ALL  VALDRIS  2097  17016  8.11 

NOTE.  The  population  of  the  parishes  by  the  1920  census  ap- 
pears to  be:  Vang  1778,  W.  Slidre  2551,  E.  Slidre  2413,  N.  Aurdal 
4562,  Etnedalea  1885,  S.  Aurdal  *102.  Total  17,291. 

PHYSICAL  CHARACTERISTICS. 

The  dominant  physical  feature  of  Yaldris  is  the  Begna 
River.  (Pronounced  Bi-na,  i  long.)  It  rises  in  the  small  lake 
Utrovand  at  an  elevation  of  3280  feet  and  empties  into  Spir- 
ilen  Lake  which  lies  535  feet  above  sea-level.  It  therefore 
has  a  fall  of  2745  feet  in  its  course  of  scarcely  100  miles.  In 
portions  of  its  course  it  expands  into  long,  narrow  lakes,  the 
largest  of  which  are  Vangsmj0sen  13  miles  long,  Slidre  Fjord 
10  miles  long,  and  Strande  Fjord  some  ten  miles  long.  The 
Aurdal  waters,  narrower  than  these,  give  it  another  six  or 
eight  miles  of  level  bed,  leaving  less  than  sixty  miles  in  which 
its  total  descent  takes  place.  There  are  mighty  falls,  such 
as  the  Lo-Foss,  Fasle-Foss,  and  the  Great-Foss  above  Bagn 
at  the  line  between  North  and  South  Aurdal.  It  drains  eighty 
per  cent,  of  Yaldris,  and  its  many  tributaries  are  fed  by  the 
plentiful  rains  and  by  masses  of  snow  and  ice  in  the  upper 
part  of  its  basin.  It  is  therefore  a  stream  of  considerable 
volume  and  rapid  and  boisterous  in  its  great  descent.  By  the 
inhabitants  it  is  generally  called  the  great  river  (Sior-Aa),  or 
simply  The  River. 

In  parts  of  its  course  the  Begna  is  bordered  by  fertile  bot- 


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toms  with  beautifully  situated  settlements,  as  on  the  shores 
of  the  lakes,  but  portions  of  the  valley,  and  particularly  in  the 
lower  part,  are  narrowed  into  a  gorge  or  canyon  with  steep 
banks  rising  to  heights  of  a  thousand  or  even  two  thousand 
feet,  and  for  the  most  part  clad  in  magnificent  timber  of  pine 
and  fir.  So  precipitous  is  the  rise  of  the  banks  in  many 
places  that  the  roadway  has  had  to  be  blasted  out  of  the  steep 
granite  wall,  and  the  road  may  again  lead  out  into  cove-like 
expanses  of  bottom  on  which  are  nestled  tiny  "farms"  or 
even  small  clusters  of  homesteads,  to  enter  again  long  and 
cumbersome  windings  on  the  narrow,  shelving  slope  that  lies 


Vik.      A    Farm    South    of   Slidrefjord 

under  the  cliffs  and  borders  the  rapids  of  the  riotous  river. 
And  great  feats  of  engineering  skill  and  persistence  of  con- 
structive effort  have  been  required  to  produce  the  fine  roads 
that  make  travel  in  this  giant  fairyland  a  joy  and  pleasure. 
The  upper  part,  including  the  Vangsmjo's,  is  above  the  line 
of  real  timber.  There  the  peaks  and  fjell,  partly  gray  and 
bare  and  partly  flecked  with  thickets  and  other  vegetation, 
either  tower  in  threatening  precipices  or  recede  in  solemn 
grandeur  from  the  mirror  of  the  lake  or  from  the  cataract  or 
torrent  of  the  restless  stream.  And  in  all  the  Begna  valley  there 
is  the  perpetual  orchestra  of  leaping  or  pouring  cascades  with 


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their  gentle  notes  mingling  with  the  deeper  roar  of  the 
mightier  cataracts  and  thundering  falls.  But  the  sights  and 
sounds  are  not  merely  those  of  power  and  might;  for  even 
in  winter  the  contrast  of  the  soft  whiteness  of  the  snow  with 
the  bright  and  healthy  green  of  the  timber  charms  the  eye, 
and  the  gleam  of  the  ice  on  lake  and  stream  affords  a  certain 
cheerful  liveliness.  But  in  the  summer  of  these  latitudes,  with 
its  sunshine  of  all  day  and  most  of  the  night,  the  verdure  has 
a  veritable  carnival  time  with  purest  green  everywhere,  except 
where  the  gray  of  the  rock  looks  out  in  restful  ease,  or  ex- 
panses and  tracery  of  all  the  brightest  hues  of  myriads  of 


Vangsmj0s.      Looking   up,   lower  end 

flowers  and  blossoms  form  masses  of  delicate  color,  that  rival 
the  effects  of  even  tropical  vegetation. 

The  upper  end  of  the  Begna  valley  forms  the  most  ac- 
cessible gateway  to  Jotunheimen  and  has  always  been  one  of 
the  principal  passes  for  travel  and  traffic,  over  the  interior 
mountain  region  of  Norway,  between  the  east  and  west 
country.  The  main  road  through  the  length  of  Valdris  fol- 
lows the  bottom  of  the  Begna,  crossing  the  stream  several 
times,  avoiding  the  sheer  rise  of  cliff,  to  take  advantage  of 
bottom  or  slope  opposite  that  may  afford  room  for  the  road- 
way. 


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The  principal,  or  topographically  most  important,  tributary 
of  the  Begna  enters  it  on  its  left  near  the  middle  of  its  course. 
This  watercourse  begins  with  the  Raud01a  and  other  streams 
coming  out  of  Jotunheimen  on  the  north  uplands  of  Valdris, 
and  flows  southeasterly,  parallel  to  the  main  river  for  30 
miles,  through  the  lakes  0iangen,  Volbu,  and  smaller  waters, 
and  joins  the  Begna  at  Fagernes.  Up  through  this  basin  runs 
a  main  highway  which  forms  one  of  the  easiest  approaches  to 
Jotunheimen.  The  parish  of  East  Slidre  occupies  most  of  this 
basin. 

In  the  main  Begna  valley  is   first  and  uppermost  Vang 


Fall   near  Volbufjord 

parish.  Next  is  West  Slidre,  then  North  Aurdal,  and  lowest 
South  Aurdal  with  the  congregations  of  Bagn  and  Begndalen 
along  the  river,  while  Reinli  congregation  occupies  a  tributary 
valley  several  hundred  feet  above  and  to  the  right  of  the 
Begna  bottom,  -and  the  congregation  Hedalen  in  the  extreme 
south  of  Valdris,  but  outside  the  Begna  basin  proper,  lies  in 
the  upper  part  of  the  basin  of  the  Urula,  which  empties  into 
Spirilen  near  the  mouth  of  the  Begna. 

The  whole  of  Etnedalen  parish  lies  outside  the  drainage 
basin  of  the  Begna.  It  embraces  the  upper  portion  of  the  Etne 
River  basin.  This  stream,  like  the  Begna,  flows  southeast- 


VALDRIS  1» 

ward,  but  empties  into  the  Rands-Fjord,  the  waters  of  which 
are  joined  by  those  of  Spirilen  in  the  Randselv,  and  by  the 
Tyrifjorcl  and  Drammen  River  reach  the  Kristiania  Fjord  at 
Drammen. 

Valdris  has  become  easily  accessible  by  the  construction 
of  the  Valdris  Railway,  which  coming  around  the  north  end 
of  the  Randsfjord,  through  Land,  enters  the  valley  at  Aurdal 
and  follows  the  course  of  the  River  to  the  terminal  station 
Fage.rnes.  But  the  visitor  to  Valdris  who  arrives  by  rail  and 
then  either  proceeds  up  the  main,  or  "west"  Valley,  or  up  the 
"East  Valley",  to  make  the  round  trip  into  Jotunheimen  and 
return  down  the  other  valley,  or  who  perhaps  goes  on  over 
File f  jell  to  the  west  country,  gets  but  a  partial  and  inadequate 
impression  of  this  celebrated  inland  region;  for  he  misses  the 
whole  lower  half  of  it.  By  traversing  its  whole  length  be- 
tween Spirilen  and  the  wilds  where  Sogn  meets  Gudbrands- 
dalen,  with  excursions  into  the  many  spots  of  beauty  or  gran- 
deur on  either  side,  the  traveler  has  the  opportunity  of  seeing 
some  of  the  best  that  is  to  be  found  of  practically  all  elements 
of  scenic  attractions  that  Norway  offers  the  sightseer  any- 
where, and  he  will  understand  why  the  native  of  Valdris 
thinks  his  Valley  the  most  beautiful  region  of  all  the  old 
fatherland. 

The  traveler  who  wishes  to  see  Valdris  as  a  whole,  but 
especially  the  American  Valdris  who  has  not  seen  the  home 
of  his  ancestors,  and  should  wish  to  gain  a  comprehensive 
impression  of  Valdris  as  a  whole,  should  enter  the  valley  from 
Spirilen,  and  proceed  up  along  the  Begndal,  leisurely  taking 
in  the  scenes  of  this  lower  fairyland  portion.  After  passing 
the  church  at  Tollefsrud  he  should  cross  the  right  hand  rim 
of  the  valley  and  descend  into  quaint,  old  Hedalen,  on  the 
south,  with  its  ancient  church  and  many  examples  of  old 
domestic  architecture.  Again  entering  the  Begndal,  which 
might  well  be  named  "the  Grand  Canyon  of  the  Begna,"  he 
will  enjoy  a  ride  that  for  scenic  beauty  is  unsurpassed  in  all 
Norway.  When  he  reaches  the  Great-Foss  he  enters  a  part 


20 


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VALDRIS  21 

of  the  valley  quite  different  in  character,  much  wider  and 
open.  He  must  there  climb  the  steep  winding  road  of  a  few 
miles  into  Reinli.  The  best  preserved  of  the  ancient  churches 
is  well  worth  the  little  excursion,  but  the  ruggedly  placed  little 
commlmity  will  not  fail  to  interest  him  for  its  own  sake. 

Having  tarried  about  Bagn,  the  great  fall  and  other  points 
in  this  region  that  marks  the  passing  of  .the  canyon  below  into 
a  more  open  valley  above,  the  traveler  will  do  well  to  follow 
the  sinuous  road  that  climbs  to  Breidablik,  and  on  to  Tonsaa- 
sen  upon  the  pass  where  the  road  and  the  railway,  from  the 
east,  enter  the  Valdris  valley.  Now  is  the  time  for  the  trip 
he  must  make  up  the  Etnedal,  past  Bruflat  to  the  upper  settle- 
ment of  this  parish.  Returning,  the  visitor  may  proceed  to 
Aurdal,  the  chief  settlement -in  wealth  and  population,  which 
has  been  generally  considered  as  the  capital  of  Valdris,  for 
the  reason  that  it  is  not  only  geographically  central  to  the 
county,  but  the  chief  administrative  and  church  officials,  pro- 
fessional men,  and  other  important  individuals  have  for  the 
most  part  resided  in  this  settlement.  The  next  point  of  spe- 
cial interest  is  Fagernes,  the  terminus  of  the  railway,  at  the 
junction  of  the  East  Slidre  valley  with  the  Begna. 

The  traveler  is  here  at  the  parting  of  the  two  main  high- 
ways that  lead  up  and  into  the  mountain  wilderness.  Suppose 
that  he  decides  to  follow  the  main  stream  along  the  Strande- 
fjord  and  the  Slidrefjord,  he  passes  the  bygds  and  their 
churches,  which  are  all  built  on  the  left  or  north  and  north- 
east bottoms  or  slopes,  while  the  settlements  are  distributed 
on  either  side  of  lake  or  river.  When  he  leaves  West  Slidre 
and  enters  Vang  parish,  he  passes  through  the  last  of  the 
fine  needle  forests  on  his  way,  that  must  have  impressed  him 
as  both  a  marked  feature  in  the  scenery  and  a  source  of  wealth 
to  the  district.  On  the  north  slopes  above  this  last  pine  forest, 
lies  the  lowermost  congregation  of  Vang  parish,  Hurum,  a 
couple  *of  miles  off  the  main  road,  where  stands  Kvidhin  of 
thousand  year  old  tradition  in  Valdris.  In  Slidre  the  peaks 
and  uplands  were  seen  to  rise  above  the  timbered  slopes,  while 


22  THE  "YALDRIS   BOOK 

in  Hurum  the  forest  fills  the  bottom  of  the  valley.  Alto- 
gether different  is  the  appearance  of  the  landscape  after  the 
traveler  reaches  the  lower  end,  called  "the  Neck",  of  Mjjzfsen. 
He  is  now  in  fact  in  a  region  of  naked  peaks  and  crags  of  great 
boldness  and  height,  with  the  settlements  stowed  into  the  gi- 
gantic coves  between  their  bases,  with  the  lake  Mjjzfsen  filling 
the  bottom  of  an  immense  cleft  in  the  roughly  torn  mountain 
mass.  Along  the  right  bank  of  the  lake  the  road  runs  past 
"beautiful  Vang"  and  0ie  bygd,  ,past  the  last  farm  of  Valdris, 
where  the  Begna  comes  down  from  its  sources  at  the  water- 
shed that  separates  Valdris  from  Sogn,  and  along  which  the 
road  proceeds  to  begin  its  descent  down  to  sea-level  again  at 
Lserdals0ren  on  a  branch  of  the  Sognefjord. 

But  to  complete  his  general  circuit  of  Valdris  the  traveler 
will  take  the  road  that  branches  off  to  the  north  through  the 
upland  waste,  and  before  he  is  aware  of  it  he  looks  out  upon 
Lake  Tyin,  which  lies  in  the  very  summit  of  the  desolate  and 
seemingly  limitless  region  of  bleak  and  dark  pinnacles  and 
ridges,  with  glaciers  and  gleaming  fields  of  snow,  and  rills 
and  cascades  and  moss-covered  reaches  and  slopes,  which  has 
aptly  been  named  Jotunheimen.  He  may  tarry  in  comfort 
here ;  for  on  Tyin  are  inns  prepared  to  minister  to  his  reason- 
able wants,  and  he  may  ascend  to  lookouts  on  the  near  and 
distant  heights  to  his  heart's  content.  On  Tyin  he  may  go  by 
launch  or  boat,  may  land,  and  again  by  launch  proceed  upon 
the  lake  Bygdin,  and  find  similar  hotel  conveniences  for  as 
long  a  stay  as  he  may  wish  to  make.  Then,  down  the  high- 
way he  passes  through  the  upland  part  and  the  bygds  of  East 
Slidre  parish,  and  reaches  Fagernes.  And  if  he  is  sated  with 
what  Valdris  has  offered  him  he  may,  in  a  few  hours  by  the 
railway,  find  himself  in  the  totally  different  environment  of 
the  capital. 

ROADS. — In  a  region  of  such  rugged  character  as  Valdris 
the  matter  of  roads  is  necessarily  a  formidable  problem,*  which 
for  through  travel  and  for  intercommunication  between  the 
settlements  of  the  county,  has  been  solved  by  the  construction 


VALDRIS 


23 


of  magnificent  highways,  upon  which  modern  conveyances 
make  travel  a  pure  delight.  Roads  of  secondary  importance 
and  less  elaborate  construction  connect  and  penetrate  outlying 
settlements,  and  to  upland  and  mountain  dairies,  sometimes 
even  a  dozen  miles  out.  Some  are  quite  primitive,  sometimes 
rude  cartways,  but  oftener  bridlepaths  for  horseback  trans- 
portation. 

Time  was,  as  late  as  the  recollection  of  our  parents  and 
grandparents,  when  the  roads  in  the  interior  of  Norway  were 
in  a  most  wretched  state,  and  what  passed  for  roads  were 
little  else  than  unimproved  trails  upon  which  the  traffic  took 


Coming    from    Home-St0l 

place  on  the  winter's  snow,  as  the  hauling  of  products  of  the 
farms  and  dairies  to  town  and  bringing  home  the  purchases 
of  store  goods ;  and  these  trips  to  Kristiania,  Drammen,  etc. 
required  a  couple  of  weeks  or  longer.  And  of  course  the  so- 
called  roads  earlier  than  this,  except  in  the  settlements,  con- 
sisted of  trail  routes  that  took  advantage  of  the  least  difficult 
passages  through  the  wild  and  rugged  country.  But  commu- 
nication across  the  mountains,  between  the  east  and  west 
country,  as  in  the  travel  of  government  officials  in  pursuit  of 
their  duties,  and  the  carrying  of  messages  or  the  mails,  was  a 
not  infrequent  necessity.  The  Valdris  valley  formed  perhaps 


24  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

the  readiest  of  the  routes  of  this  travel,  and  it  is  known  that 
kings  and  princes,  bishops,  and  other  persons  of  note  and 
authority  passed  up  and  down  the  course  of  the  Begna  and 
over  Filefjell. 

DAIRYING. — The  sparseness  of  population,  being  but  a  little 
over  eight  to  the  square  mile,  is  a  fair  index  of  the  very  limited 
portion  of  arable  land  in  the  district.  The  farms,  or  tillable 
parts,  are  small,  and  the  amount  of  grain  raised  scarcely  suf- 
fices for  the  needs  of  the  population.  Dairying  and  raising 
of  stock  forms  an  important  industry.  Hay  is  cut  for  the 
most  part  on  land  which  is  unsuited  for  plowing.  And  the 
immense  areas  of  upland  and  mountain  side,  otherwise  quite 
barren,  furnish  a  scant  growth  of  grass  and  moss  that,  how- 
ever, is  good  and  fattening  feed  for  the  stock,  which  is  driven 
into  the  mountains  in  the  spring.  It  is  there  tended  by  the 
women  and  youths,  who  spend  most  of  the  summer  in  the 
dairy  establishments  called  saeters  or  stpls.  Of  these  there  are_ 
first,  the  Home-sseters  generally  but  a  very  few  miles  from  the 
farm  and  where  the  early  season  of  grazing  is  spent.  Later 
the  herd  is  transferred  to  the  Iang-st01  or  distant  sseter,  some- 
times a  dozen  miles  out  from  the  bygd. 

The  conditions  of  living  upon  these  mountain  uplands  used 
'to  be  primitive  in  the  extreme,  but  through  the  bettering  of 
the  roads  and  of  the  methods  and  appliances  in  use,  life  upon 
the  sseters  has  in  late  years  been  rendered  pleasanter  than  in 
the  long  ago.  Not  a  little  of  self-reliance  and  self-confidence, 
together  with  a  spirit  of  romance  and  adventure,  was  spun 
into  the  fibre  of  the  character  fabric  of  our  grandmothers  and 
grandfathers  who  were  privileged  to  share  the  gypsy-like  and 
free  though  laborious  life  on  the  mountain  wilds. 

The  wife  and  mother  as  a  rule  conducted  the  saeter  opera- 
tions, assisted  by  hired  help  or  by  such  of  her  boys  and  girls 
as  were  not  yet  old  enough  to  do  efficient  work  on  the  farm, 
and  the  smaller  children  quite  generally  formed  part  of  the 
saeter  family.  The  husband  and  often  some  of  the  men  help 
on  the  farm  would  make  a  trip  to  the  saeter  on  Saturday  night, 


VALDRIS  25 

bringing  on  packhorses  such  provisions  as  might  be  needed 
on  the  mountains,  and  would  spend  Sunday  with  the  women 
and  children,  to  return  to  the  farm  Sunday  night  or  Monday 
morning,  the  pack-animals  laden  with  the  butter,  cheese,  and 
other  milk  products  that  had  accumulated.  It  may  readily 
be  understood  how  the  Sunday  was  anticipated  and  enjoyed 
both  by  the  dairy  keepers  and  the  visitors.  And  the  visiting 
was  not  confined  to  the  heads  of  families.  Many  a  young 
maid  in  such  an  establishment  counted  the  days  of  the  week 
until  her  favorite  swain  might  come  for  the  over-Sunday  visit. 

Perhaps  the  most  notable  day  of  the  year  of  farm  life  was 
the  "Bufardag"  or  day  of  home-faring  of  the  saeter  contin- 
gent. The  whole  herd  of  old  and  young  animals,  the  heavily 
laden  packhorses,  the  grown  folk  and  the  youngsters,  all  to- 
gether formed  a  lively  caravan  moving  in  a  mood  of  glad 
home-coming  down  upon  the  quiet  bygd.  It  partook  largely 
of  the  character  of  a  festival  for  the  whole  reunited  home 
establishment. 

A  great  contrast  to  the  busy  summer  with  its  saeter  experi- 
ence for  the  women  and  the  young,  was  the  winter  with  its 
long  evenings  especially.  It  was  the  time  for  visiting  far  and 
near,  and  it  was  the  time  of  busily  plying  home  industries  of 
all  kinds.  But  around  the  generous  hearths  went  on  merrily 
the  telling  of  the  old  tales  of  tradition  and  romance  and  ad- 
venture and  of  family  history.  There  was  feasting  at  the 
midwinter  holiday  time.  There  were  sports  on  the  frozen 
lakes  and  the  hillsides.  There  were,  games  and  dances  for 
the  young  and  active.  The  winter  was  far  from  being  a  time 
of  gloom  and  cheerlessness. 

TRADITION  AND  HISTORY. 

The  earliest  historical  tradition  of  Valdris  is  connected 
with  the  career  of  Harold  Fairhaired.  Early  in  his  campaigns 
against  his  neighbor  chieftains,  while  Norway  was  still  a  col- 
lection of  numerous  independent,  petty  realms,  each  with  its 
chief,  generally  styled  king,  and  while  Harold  still  was  merely 


26  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

a  prominent  local  chieftain  among  the  others,  and  was  ruling 
over  Ringerike,  he  heard  of  a  famous  beauty,  Gyda,  the  young 
daughter  of  King  Erik  of  Hordaland,  whom  her  father  had 
sent  to  a  mighty  bonde  (farmer)  of  Valdris,  there  to  be 
brought  up  and  taught  the  accomplishments  required  in  her 
station  in  life.  To  Gyda  Harold  sent  his  knights  asking  for 
her  hand.  But  the  haughty  maiden  gave  them  a  curt  refusal, 
saying  she  would  not  think  of  marrying  a  man  who  is  king 
of  simply  a  few  shires.  "It  seems  queer  to  me",  she  said, 
"that  there  is  not  the  king  who  will  secure  to  himself  power 
over  all  Norway,  to  rule  it."  When  the  messengers  departed 
she  bade  them  tell  Harold  what  she  had  said,  and  added  that 
only  upon  condition  that  he  for  her  sake  would  conquer  all 
Norway  to  rule  over  it,  would  she  consent  to  become  his  wife. 
When  the  knights  reported  her  answer,  and  suggested  that 
for  her  impertinence  he  send  his  men  to  take  her  by  might, 
he  answered  that  her  words  gave  him  ideas  that  he  now  won- 
dered he  had  never  thought  of  before,  and  added :  "I  make 
the  promise,  and  call  to  witness  it  the  God  who  made  me  and 
rules  in  all  things,  that  never  shall  my  hair  be  cut  or  combed, 
until  I  have  established  my  rule  over  all  Norway,  or  failing 
in  this  I  die."  Some  ten  or  twelve  years  after,  in  872,  Harold 
had  conquered  or  slain  or  made  subjects  of  all  the  petty  local 
kings  and  made  himself  ruler  over  all  of  Norway.  With 
great  ceremony  he  had  his  hair  cut  and  Combed ;  and  remem- 
bering ,the  haughty  princess,  he  sent  his  messengers  to  Valdris 
to  remind  her  of  her  promise.  She  became  his  wife  and  bore 
him  the  sons  Aalov,  R0rek,  Sigtryg,  Frode,  and  Thorgils. 
How  much  of  truth  forms  the  basis  of  this  tradition  is  not 
known,  but  the  Valdrises  cherish  the  idea  that  it  was  there  the 
first  word  is  said  to  have  been  spoken  which  led  to  the  con- 
solidation of  the  petty,  quarreling  kingdoms  into  a  single, 
united  state.  They  have  erected  to  her  memory  a  granite 
obelisk  in  the  shape  of  a  "bauta"  after  the  ancient  practice  of 
the  Scandinavian  North.  It  stands  near  Hurum  church,  at 


VALDRIS 


27 


Kvien,  the  ancient  Kvidhin  (dh=th  in  the),  which  is  said  to 
have  been  Gyda's  foster  home. 

As  Valdris  was  from  the  earliest  times  the  main  route  of 
travel  across  southern  Norway,  many  of  the  kings,  possibly 
all  of  them,  passed  through  the  valley.  Several  of  them  tar- 
ried there  for  periods  of  sufficient  length  to  settle  disputes 
and  render  judgment  in  important  cases.  There  are  parchments 
bearing  the  seals  and  signatures  of  the  royalties,  recording 


Monument  to   Gyda.     At   Kvien 

these  acts,  preserved  by  antiquarians.  It  is  known  that  prin- 
ces of  Harold's  line  married  and  settled  in  Valdris  and  left 
there  strains  of  their  descent.  But  owing  to  the  long  lapse 
of  time  and  the  paucity  of  records  little  definite  information 
is  available. 

Owing  to  its  interior  position  of  partial  isolation,  Valdris 
came  into  less  frequent  contact  with  the  prominent  actors  and 
important  events  of  early  Norwegian  history  than  regions 
nearer  the  coast.  But  some  men  of  prominence  there  are 


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VALDRIS  29 

mentioned  in  the  chronicles  of  the  country.  Reyna-Bj0rn, 
one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Iceland  was  from  Valdris  (per- 
haps from  R0yne).  Gissur  from  Valdris  was  an  officer  with 
Haakon  Jarl  and  was  in  986  killed  near  his  chief.  He  is  said 
to  have  been  more  showily  dressed  than  his  chief  and  it  is 
inferred  that  he  was  mistaken  for  the  latter  and  was  pierced 
by  the  arrow  meant  for  the  jarl.  Erling  of  Kvidhin  (Kvien) 
was  a  mighty  and  wealthy  man  and  was  uncle  of  King  Inge 
who  ruled  1136 — 57,  and  became  the  ancestor  of  noted  per- 
sons in  Norway's  history.  Sigvat  of  Leirhol,  on  the  north 
shore  of  Vangsmj0sen,  was  knight  and  chancellor  1310 — 30. 
His  son  Thorberg  is  mentioned  at  1346  as  "sysselman"  for  the 
northern  part  of  Valdris.  In  the  factional  civil  wars  of  the 
Birchlegs  and  Baglers,  the  leaders  and  their  followers  visited 
Valdris  in  their  wanderings  and  pursuits.  References  to  many 
more  events  in  the  saga  period  and  to  personages  who  lived 
in  Valdris  or  passed  through  in  their  wanderings  and  journeys, 
show  that  the  passes  and  valleys  of  this  region  formed  in  fact, 
as  nature  meant  them  to  be,  the  regularly  traversed  route 
across  the  interior  of  the  country. 

The  documentary  period  of  Valdris  chronicles,  in  the 
modern  sense,  may  be  said  to  have  been  initiated  by  the  be- 
ginning of  the  17th  century.  It  seems  to  have  been  about  this 
time  that  systematic  keeping  of  parish  and  court  records  be- 
gan. Along  about  1665  the  registry  of  title  and  ownership 
of  the  farms  was  instituted,  and  the  processes  of  law  admini- 
stration were  made  matter  of  orderly  record. 

Valdris  promptly  participated  in  the  general  improvement 
in  all  lines  of  activity  and  progress  that  succeeded  the  sepera- 
tion  of  Norway  from  Denmark  in  1814,  and  has  since  been 
no  laggard,  behind  other  parts  of  the  country,  in  all  the  various 
improvements  in  the  moral,  intellectual,  and  physical  relations 
of  the  community. 

THE  SCHOOLS  of  a  century  since  were  quite  primitive. 
They  were  of  a  peripatetic  character,  each  farmer  in  the  dis- 
trict being  obliged  to  house  the  school  a  certain  number  of 


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days,  and  the  sessions  were  held  in  the  general  living  room  of 
the  farm  house.  The  curriculum  consisted  of  learning  to  read 
arid  to  memorize  the  catechism  and  other  requirements  for 
confirmation.  Writing  was  not  then  taught  regularly,  nor 
such  branches  as  arithmetic.  But  improvements  came  speedily 
as  time  passed,  and  to-day  the  schools  of  Valdris  rank,  along 
with  those  of  the  rest  of  Norway,  with  the  best  in  the  world. 
The  Valdris  of  the  old  order  and  old  regime,  say  up  to  one 
or  two  hundred  years  ago,  was  a  well  ordered  community, 
whose  people  were  skilled  in  the  arts  and  processes  of  an  ad- 
vanced culture,  and  were  intellectually  awake  and  vigorous  and 
to  the  full  made  the  best  of  their  environment  and  slender  re- 
sources. It  may  be  worth  while  to  relate  one  incident  out  of  the 
many  from  that  time  that  serve  to  illustrate  these  matters.  The 
farm  Lykkja  or  L0kken  is  the  uppermost  of  the  East  Slidre 
valley,  and  lies  but  a  few  miles  'south  of  Bygdin.  Three 
brothers  were  born  there  who  became  famed  as  the  strongest 
and  most  able-bodied  men  of  their  time.  One  of  them  was 
Halvar,  born  1712.  He  grew  up  in  the  wilds  of  his  native 
mountains  and  naturally  became  proficient  in  the  out-door 
arts  and  crafts  of  his  environment.  To  L0kken  came  during 
Halvar's  boyhood  an  educated  man  who  for  some  breach  of 
the  law  was  a  fugitive  and  sought  hiding  on  the  border  of  this 
out  of  the  way  bygd,  and  this  lone  farm  became  to  him  an 
asylum  to  some  extent.  To  the  L0kken  boys,  and  especially  to 
Halvar,  this  man's  coming  became  a  matter  of  great  conse- 
quence; for  he  gave  them  instruction  which  made  of  them  in 
the  eyes  of  the  community,  and  in  very  fact,  liberally  educated 
men.  Halvar  drew  about  him  during  his  long  life  many  of  the 
more  ambitious  young  men,  at  such  times  as  they  found  leisure, 
and  taught  them  writing  and  other  matters  beyond  what  the 
common  school  had  given  them.  Halvar's  teaching  activity 
virtually  constituted  a  high  school,  the  first  advanced  school 
of  Valdris.  He  died  1801,  89  years  old.  The  effect  of  his 
activity  was  of  course  a  definite  raising  of  the  intellectual 
standard  of  the  community;  but  the  incident  also  indicates  a 


VALDR1S  31 

certain  mental  vigor  and  cultural  spirit  among  the  youth  of  the 
time  that  reached  out  for  the  benefits  of  his  teaching.  Among 
Halvar  i  Lykkjun's  pupils  was  the  writer's  grandfather,  who 
though  but  a  lad  of  fourteen  at  the  time  Halvar  died,  had 
acquired  from  his  guidance  a  fluent  handwriting  and  a  taste 
for  reading  which  was  a  solace  to  him  until  his  old  age.  Hal- 
var i  Lykkjun  with  his  unorganized  schooling  was  no  mean 
nor  unworthy  precursor  of  the  splendid  galaxy  of  modern 
educators  in  Valdris,  in  which  we  may  mark  such  lights  as 
Ola  B0,  Hallvard  Bergh,  Thorstein  H0verstad,  and  many 
others. 

THE  FOLKLORE  of  Norway  was  especially  rich  and  charac- 
teristic, as  all  well  informed  people  know.  Valdris  shared 
to  the  full  in  this  popular  culture  of  the  country.  Among  the 
very  first  of  Norwegians  to  appreciate  its  importance  and 
take  up  the  work  for  its  preservation  was  the  schoolteacher 
Andris  Eivindson  Vang,  of  Vang  parish.  He  was  born  in 
1795,  and  at  the  age  of  twelve  became  a  servant  in  the  house 
of  the  pastor.  By  hard  work  and  self-application  he  became 
able  to  qualify  as  a  supply  teacher  at  the  age  of  twenty-one. 
After  a  succession  of  vicissitudes  which  proved  his  mettle,  he 
was  given  the  post  of  teacher  in  the  Vang  congregation.  He 
had  an  uncommonly  good  ear  for  music  and  a  good  singing 
voice  and  was  a  successful  klokker  or  leader  of  the  congrega- 
tional singing.  He  became  a  famous  kjo'meistar,  master  of 
ceremonies  in  parties  and  such  functions  as  christenings,  wed- 
dings, and  funerals,  and  was  regarded  as  an  unrivaled  speaker 
for  such  occasions. 

Andris  Vang  understood  and  appreciated  the  wealth  of 
tradition  and  folklore  that  lived  upon  the  lips  of  the  populace, 
and  he  formed  the  purpose  to  do  his  best  for  the  preservation 
of  these  treasures  from  loss.  For  this  purpose  he  visited  the 
old  people  who  were  well  versed  in  the  telling  of  the  tales  and 
wrote  them  down  in  the  exact  words  of  the  relators  in  the 
dialect  they  spoke.  He  tells  that  he  had  filled  66  closely  writ- 
ten sheets.  The  sheet  or  "ark"  used  at  that  time  was  double 


32  THE  VALDRIS    BOOK 

folio,  large  size,  four  large  pages  to  the  sheet;  and  Yang's 
writing  was  a  closely  written,  condensed  hand.  In  1848  he 
published  his  account  of  marriage  customs  in  Valdris,  in  the 
Danish  "book  language".  But  in  1850  he  got  out  the  first  in- 
stalment of  his  folk-stories  in  a  book  of  78  pages,  "Gamla 
Reglo  o  Rispo  ifraa  Valdris"— Old  Yarns  and  Rigmaroles 
from  Valdris.— This  book  is  the  pioneer  work  in  the  collect- 
ing of  traditions,  stories,  and  poetry  that  has  been  prosecuted 
throughout  Norway.  It  was  the  first  book  printed  in  the  ver- 
nacular or  dialect  speech  of  the  populace  of  any  part  of  Nor- 
way. And  Vang's  manuscript  has  the  merit  of  being  abso- 
lutely faithful  to  the  form  of  speech  used.  A  second  volume 
of  his  collection  was  published  in  1871  under  the  title,  "Gamla 
Segner  fraa  Valdres".  According  to  information  that  is  ap- 
parently reliable  these  two  volumes  contain  but  a  minor  por- 
tion of  Vang's  66  sheet  manuscript.  Since  Vang's  death  in 
1877  the  manuscript  has  passed  through  different  hands,  but 
where  it  now  reposes  no  one  seems  able  to  tell. 

The  work  of  collecting  and  publishing  the  vernacular 
stories  of  the  Valdris  people  has  been  continued  by.  the  other- 
wise well-known  and  prolific  author  and  educator  Hallvard 
Bergh,  born  1850  and  still  living.  Some  stories  he  has,  like 
Vang,  reproduced  in  the  vernacular  idiom,  portions  he  has 
rendered  into  Danish-Norwegian,  and  some  into  the  alleged 
normal  country  speech  called  the  "maal". 

Another  collector  and  author  who  uses  the  dialect  idiom, 
is  ex-Stortingsmand  O.  K.  0degaard,  whose  first  book  in  this 
line,  "Gamalt  fraa  Valdres",  pictures  in  attractive  and  natural 
manner  the  customs  and  conditions  within  his  own  -memory 
and  that  of  narrators  of  his  acquaintance.  He  has  put  out 
several  books,  the  last  being  "Valdresfolk",  all  in  the  dialect. 
And  he  is  a  skillful  user  of  his  material,  and  has,  as  a  late 
reviewer  says,  made  the  Valdris  dialect  a  good  deal  of  a 
"book-language".  0degaard  is  an  active  promoter  of  histori- 
cal study  in  the  county  and  a  leading  force  in  the  local  histori- 
cal society. 


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Glaus  Islandsmoen  of  Bagn  has,  among  other  historical 
work,  produced  a  volume,  "Sore  Aurdal  og  Etnedalen'',  which 
embodies  much  research  in  the  archives  and  forms  a  valuable 
chronicle  of  the  two  lower  parishes.  It  is  a  storehouse  of 
history  and  biography  covering  the  documentary  period  of 
records,  beginning  at  about  1600. 

Another  work,  resembling  Islandsmoen's  but  more  restrict- 
ed in  design  while  covering  the  chosen  ground  more  thoroughly 
.and  in  detail,  is  "Vang  og  Slire"  by  Tore  Ey,  who  is  a  brother 
of  O.  K.  0degaard,  but  writes  the  name  in  the  form  he  has 
found  to  be  the  ancient  original  of  the  latter-day  0degaard. 
Yang  og  Slire  is  a  work  of  some  800  pages,  and  upward  of  a 
hundred  are  given  to  a  general  consideration  of  the  history 
of  the  three  upper  parishes  Vang  and  East  and  West  Slidre, 
somewhat  on  the  plan  of  Islandsmoen's  book.     In  the  remain- 
ing 700  pages  he  takes  up  the  individual  history  of  each  farm, 
especially  dealing  with  the  occupants  and  the  connections,  in- 
termarriages, and  migrations  of  their  families,  beginning  with 
the  earliest  documents  available,  from  the  middle  of  the  seven- 
teenth century  and  often  much  earlier.     This     Unique     and 
wonderful  treasure-trove  of  genealogy  is  the  outgrowth  of  the 
author's  search  of  the  archives  in  pursuit  of  the  ramifications 
of  genealogy  of  his  own  family.     He  found,  in  this  research, 
that  his  own  lineage  touched  .most  of  the  families  or  strains 
and  lines  in  the  parishes  mentioned;  and  he  fortunately  de- 
cided to  make  a  book  covering  his  investigations  of  the  entire 
records  available  to  him.    He  has  given  to  the  families  of  Vang 
and  Slidre  lineage  an  index  or  epitome  of  the  genealogic  re- 
cords  contained  in   the   archives,   that  enables  them  to  trace 
family  trees  for  themselves  or  indicate  the  lines  along  which 
to  make  these  out  from  the  original  documents.     It  will  be 
found  a   work  of  the  greatest  value,   in   this   department,  to 
large  numbers  of  Americans  who  will  wish  to  trace  their  an- 
cestry back  to  the  earliest  forbears  in  old  Valdris.     It  should 
be  included  in  the  libraries  of  the  historical  societies  and  in- 
stitutions .of  learning  of  our  country. 


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As  an  authority  on  Valdris  history  and  antiquities  it  is 
doubtful  whether  Ola  K.  Alvstad  had  any  equal.  He  had  a 
most  wonderful  memory  and  a  remarkably  astute  and  critical 
judgment,  and  he  was  acknowledged  to  be  the  best  informed 
man  in  Valdris  in  his  special  lines  of  research.  He  produced 
no  book  but  he  wrote  often  and  with  minute  care  articles  for 
papers  and  periodicals.  A  collection  of  his  writings  should 
prove  most  valuable  to  students  of  Valdris  history. 


Johannes    Belsheim 

It  is  eminently  proper  to  mention  here  Johannes  Belsheim, 
who  died  in  1909  eighty  years  old.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
learned  men  that  Valdris  has  produced,  and  was  especially 
famous  and  productive  in  the  line  of  biblical  sources.  He  was 
likewise  one  of  the  best  informed  men  on  Valdris  history  and 
traditions.  He  is  easily  the  most  famous  of  the  genuine,  com- 
mon-people sons  of  old  Valdris. 

A  general  survey  of  the  writings  of  Valdrises  or  of  those 


VALDRIS  r      35 

relating  to  Valdris  history,  would  be  entirely  beyond  the 
scope  of  this  sketch.  The  writer  has  cited  only  those  examples 
that  offered  themselves  as  good  illustrations. 

CHURCH  ARCHITECTURE. 

There  are  no  towns  in  Valdris.  At  Aurdal  and  Fagernes 
are  what  might  be  called  villages,  and  there  are  some  clusters 
of  farmsteads  at  different  places  that  might  in  a  way  also 
pass  for  villages.  But  there  are  no  large  or  pretentious  struc- 
tures in  any  of  these,  and  no  specimens  of  architecture  parti- 
cularly distinct  from  the  buildings  on  the  farms.  It  might  be 
interesting  enough  to  describe  the  old  farm  dwellings.  But 
they  are  not  marked  by  features  specially  distinguishing  them 
from  that  class  of  structures  in  other  interior  districts.  The 
limit  of  space  moreover  hinders  any  treatment  of  them  here. 

But  the  churches  of  Valdris  do  merit  at  least  a  passing 
notice.  When  Harold  in  872  completed  the  unification  of 
Norway  it  was  a  pagan  country  in  the  sense  that  it  was  not 
Christian.  It  remained  such  for  a  century  and  a  half  longer, 
in  spite  of  the  futile  attempt  of  Haakon  the  Good  and  the  de- 
termined efforts  of  Olaf  Trygvason  to  make  the  people  accept 
the  Christian  faith.  It  is  not  until  the  reign  of  Olaf  the  Saint, 
that  the  old  faith  began  definitely  to  lose  its  hold  on  the  Nor- 
wegians. In  1023  Olaf  came  to  Valdris  and  with  fire  and 
sword  made  the  inhabitants  accept  the  new  belief.  Priests 
and  monks  were  sent  to  teach  them  Christianity.  What  the 
first  houses  of  worship  were  like  we  can  not  tell,  but  the 
churches  in  use  at  the  close  of  the  eighteenth  century  in 
Valdris  were  structures  of  great  age,  for  the  most  part  erected 
before  the  reformation.  Some  were  in  such  a  state  of  decay, 
or  were  so  much  too  small  for  the  congregations  that  they  had 
to  give  place  to  more  commodious  buildings.  But  some,  prob- 
ably those  of  greatest  age,  are  still  standing  and  still  are  used 
as  meeting  houses.  All  but  two  were  built  of  wood. 

The  two  churches  of  Slidre  and  Ulnes  are  stone  buildings. 
Slidre  church  is  the  head,  or  pastor's  residential  church,  of 


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VALDRIS  37 

\Yest  Slidre  parish.  It  was  built  before  1200,  and  in  Roman 
Catholic  times  was  a  bishop's  church  or  cathedral,  had  a  chime 
of  12  bells  tuned  so  that  hymn  tunes  could  be  played,  and 
was  distinguished  for  its  superior  appointments  and  furnish- 
ings. Ulnes  church  is  smaller  but  is  possibly  nearly  as  old. 
It  is  novv  an  "annex  church"  in  North  Aurdal  parish. 

The  ancient  \vooden  churches  belong  to  the  class  called 
"Stavkirker",  a  construction  that  is  unique  in  ecclesiastic 
architecture  and  is  peculiar  to  Norway.  It  consists  of  a  frame 
of  upright  pillars  made  of  tree  trunks,  bound  by  beams  and 
girders  which  have  been  hewn  rectangular  in  section.  To  com- 
plete the  walls,  upright  hewn  planks,  or  "staves",  are  fitted  as 
panels  into  grooves  in  the  upright  timbers.  The  whole  frame 
centers  about  a  system  of  round,  massive  wooden  columns,  or 
"masts",  which  bear  the  main  roof  work  and  tower  structure, 
and  likewise  afford  attachment  of  subsidiary  framework  and 
roof  sections.  The  exterior  roof  angles  and  other  points  were 
decorated  with  carved  dragon's  head  and  other  fantastic  de- 
signs. The  doors  were  framed  in  beautifully  carved  scroll 
patterns  in  which  the  conventionalized  dragon  forms  the  main 
theme  and  motive  of  the  composition.  The  framework  of  the 
interior  is  altogether  open,  with  crossbeams  and  arches  ex- 
posed to  view  and  decoratively  finished. 

Surrounding  the  paneled,  walls  of  the  main  part  of  the 
building  ran  a  narrow  enclosed  cloister,  its  cover  forming  the 
lowest  section  of  the  roof  slopes.  Generally  this  sectional 
construction  gave  the  structure  a  roughly  pyramidal  outline, 
with  gables  and  roof  sections  rising  above  one  another  and 
terminating  in  the  light,  houselike  tower.  To  preserve  the 
building  against  the  action  of  the  weather,  the  exposed  surfaces 
were  periodically  served  with  an  application  of  hot  tar,  which 
produced  a  darkbrown,  rather  soft  and  pleasing  effect.  These 
churches  were  windowless,  and  to  mitigate  the  almost  total 
darkness  of  the  interior,  small  openings  were  cut  in  the  clear- 
story walls,  and  these  could  be  closed  by  blocks  fitted  for  the 
purpose.  '  The  ceremonial  of  worship  at  the  time  these 


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VALDRIS  39 

churches  were  erected  did  not  call  for  reading  or  singing, 
from  books,  on  the  part  of  the  congregation,  and  the  candles 
and  lights  used  in  the  ceremonial  probably  afforded  suffi- 
cient illumination  for  the  priest  and  his  assistants,  and  one 
can  imagine  that  the  effect  of  solemnity  may  have  been  height- 
ened by  such  a  use  of  lights  within  the  otherwise  dark  or  ob- 
scure interior. 

After  the  reformation,  when  the  worshippers  began  to  use 
hymnals  and  join  in  the  singing,  more  light  was  required,  and 
windows  were  cut  in  the  upper  parts  of  the  walls  where  they 
were  exposed  to  the  outer  air.  It  is  not  altogether  clear  why 
the  cloister,  which  ran  around  the  nave  did  not  communicate 
with  the  main  interior.  In  these  small  churches  the  number 
of  worshippers  admitted  must  have  been  limited  to  a  small 
portion  of  the  entire  congregation,  and  those  within  the  clois- 
ter, if  any  were  there,  were  of  course  cut  off  from  direct  par- 
ticipation. May  it  be,  that  while  the  elect  were  admitted  to 
the  holiest  of  the  nave,  those  of  a  lower  degree  of  sanctifica- 
tion  were  segregated  within  the  cloister  in  order  that  some 
grace  might  come  to  them  under  the  consecrated  roof  that 
reached  out  even  over  the  cloister? 

Be  that  as  it  may,  after  the  reformation  the  cloister  was 
removed  from  many  of  the  stav-churches  and  windows  placed 
in  the  paneled  walls  which  thus  had  become  exposed  to  the  out- 
side light.  Protestant  worship  was  an  affair  of  the  entire 
congregation,  and  more  room  was  needed  than  many  of  the 
churches  afforded.  They  were  therefore  enlarged,  sometimes 
by  the  addition  of  wings  and  extensions,  but  in  some  cases 
the  choir  or  chancel  was  moved  a  space  from  the  nave  and  a 
transept  built  in  between,  or  the  nave  simply  lengthened.  But 
these  various  "improvements"  played  sad  havoc  with  many 
a  fine  specijnen  of  the  ancient  ecclesiatic  architecture. 

A  very  high  authority  on  Norwegian  church  architecture 
is  Professor  Lorenz  Dietrichson.  He  distinguishes  two  clas- 
ses of  stav-churches,  the  four-columned  or  Valdris  type  and 
the  many-columned  or  Sogn  type.  Others  make  three  clas- 


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ses,  those  of  four,  of  six,  and  of  more  than  six  columns,  but 
the  four-columned  are  by  all  called  the  Valdris  type  of  stav- 
church.  And  this  is  by  many  held  to  be  the  purest  of  the 

types. 

On  Filefjell,  in  the  very  upper  end  of  the  valley  stood  the 
Thomas  church  in  a  small  glen  called  Smedalen,  many  miles 
from  any  present  settlement.  It  was  so  named  because  it  had 
been  dedicated  to  Thomas  a  Becket.  It  was  a  small  stav- 
church.  All  that  is  definitely  known  of  its  history  is  that  ser- 
vices were  held  there  once  a  year,  on  July  2nd.  But  there 
gathered  on  these  occasions  people  from  Sogn  and  Hallingdal 
as  well  as  from  Valdris,  and  more  for  purposes  of  visiting  and 
even  for  trade  than  for  worship.  To  put  an  end  to  this  misuse 
of  the  church  and  of  the  occasion  of  worship,  the  services 
were  discontinued  and  the  building  was  torn  down  in  1808. 
Its  bells  and  other  equipment  were  distributed  among  other 
churches  in  Valdris.  It  is  said  to  have  been  a  four-columned 
church.  A  stav-church  which  stood  on  the  farm  Grihamar 
was  removed  long  ago.  The  old  stav-church  of  0ie,  dating 
from  before  1358  was  taken  down  in  1735  and  replaced  by 
the  present  church  of  that  congregation  in  1747.  The  ancient 
church  of  Vang,  on  the  shore  of  Mjp'sen  was  a  four-column 
stav-church,  known  to  have  been  erected  before  1319.  Be- 
cause this  was  not  large  enough,  a  more  modern  structure  was 
built  about  1839.  The  old  church  was  then  sold  to  Frederick 
William,  later  Kaiser  William  I,  who  had  it  torn  down,  ship- 
ped to  Hamburg,  thence  to  Silesia,  where  it  was  re-erected 
and  is  standing  now.  It  was  a  four-column  church  of  purest 
type  and  richly  ornamented. 

It  is  thus  seen  that  four  of  the  ancient  churches  of  Vang 
parish  have  disappeared.  There  are  references  in  old  writ- 
ings and  in  local  tradition,  to  one  or  two  more  that  have  stood 
in  the  upper  end  of  the  parish,  but  nothing  definite  is  record- 
ed of  their  appearance.  The  only  stav-church  of  Vang  that 
has  been  saved  from  the  general  destruction  is  that  of  Hurum, 
standing  on  the  site  of  the  old  manor-seat  and  stronghold, 


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Kvidhin,  now  occupied  by  the  five  farmsteads  Kvien,  into 
which  the  old  estate  has  been  subdivided.  It  is  one  of  the 
best  specimens  of  the  four-colmn  type,  and  is  still  in  use  as 
the  meeting  house  of  Hurum  congregation.  Its  exterior  has 
been  altogether  changed  by  the  removal  of  the  cloister,  the 
insertion  of  windows,  by  boarding  it  up.  and  by  its  .being 
painted  white.  But  the  interior  equipment  is  fairly  well  pre- 
served, even  to  the  old,  narrow  pew  benches,  that  are  veritable 
means  of  torture.  Hurum  church  seems  to  owe  its  preserva- 


Hedal  Church,  transept  built  in 

tion  to  the  fortunate  circumstance  that  it  was  a  large  house 
of  its  class,  and  the  congregation  could  be  served  by  it  without 
enlarging  it. 

Some  four  miles  below  Hurum  stands  the  church  of  Lome 
in  West  Slidre,  a  four-column  structure  that  is  very  true  to 
the  type,  and  contains  some  of  the  best  scroll  work  carving 
to  be  found.  As  at  Hurum,  the  cloister  has  been  taken  away 
and  windows  supplied,  but  it  still  retains  the  old  dark-brown 
tar  finish.  It  is  the  same  age  as  Hurum,  known  to  have  been 
standing  six  hundred  years  ago. 


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THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 


Whether  the  churches  of  R0n,  Rogne,  Volbu,  Skrautvaal, 
Svenes,  Aurdal,  and  Bagn  were  all  strictly  Valdris  four-column 
type  is  not  fully  clear.  They  have  long  since  been  replaced 
by  more  commodious,  modern  buildings.  Hegge  church  in 
East  Slidre  is  an  eight-column  stav-church.  Of  all  the  stav- 
churches  in  Valdris,  Reinli  church,  in  South  Aurdal  parish, 
best  exemplifies  their  original  external  appearance,  in  that  the 
closed  cloister  still  stands  in  place.  In  its  framework  it  de- 
parts'somewhat  from  the  others  and  parts  of  its  ornamenta- 
tion is  of  a  different  sort.  It  is  known  to  be  of  an  earlier  date 
than  1327;  and  it  is  believed  to  stand  on  the  site  of  an  ancient 


Hedal   Church,  present  appearance 

temple  or  hall  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  the  old  gods  of 
pagan  times.  Hedal  church,  in  the  same  parish,  is  a  stav- 
church  of  the  same  period,  and  much  of  its  ancient  ornamenta- 
tion and  structural  work  is'  preserved,  though  it  has  been  en- 
larged and  remodeled  by  separating  the  nave  and  the  chancel 
and  building  a  transept  between  them.  There  is  a  tradition 
that  Hedalen  bygd  was  completely  depopulated  by  the  Black 


VALDRIS  43 

Death,  about  1350,  and  the  existence  of  the  church  had  in 
later  times  been  forgotten,  until  it  was  long  after  discovered 
by  a  hunter  whose  arrow,  missing  the  bird  it  was  aimed  at, 
betrayed  the  presence  of  the  church  by  the  noise  it  made  on 
hitting  its  roof.  A  very  badly  dilapidated  portion  of  bear- 
skin is  preserved  in  a  glazed  case  in  the  vestry,  and  is  said  to 
be  of  the  hide  of  a  she-bear  found  in  her  lair  in  the  chancel 
of  the  rediscovered  holy  structure. 

A  most  important  part  of  the  equipment  or  accessories  of 
the  old  churches  were  the  bells.  They  were  not  hung  in  the 
church  itself  nor  in  towers  attached  to  it,  but  in  a  separate 
building,  a  belfry,  in  the  vernacular  called  stupul,  and  built  in 
a  style  that  harmonized  with  the  church  itself.  Every  church 
has  two  bells,  but  some  had  formerly  chimes  of  a  greater  num- 
ber. The  bells  one  finds  now  are  as  a  rule  massive  and  of 
fine,  mellow  tone.  They  are  objects  of  much  affection  and 
veneration  on  the  part  of  the  congregation,  and  their  proper 
ringing  is  a  fine  art,  which  only  a  few  have  the  ability  to  learn 
acceptably.  The  official  ringer  of  a  congregation  is  there- 
fore a  man  of  considerable  importance. 

The  country  people  are  much  attached  to  their  church 
bells.  The  echoes  of  their  call  to  meeting  are  eagerly  listened 
for  on  Sunday  mornings ;  and  it  is  a  solemn  and  welcome  mo- 
ment when  their  voices  roll  out  over  the  valley  the  "ringing 
in"  of  such  festivals  as  Christmas  and  dedicate  the  time  to 
holiday  observance  for  man  and  beast.  Certain  occult  virtues 
were  anciently  ascribed  to  the  chime  of  the  consecrated  bells. 
In  a  land  of  such  topography  as  that  of  Valdris  it  happened 
that  people,  and  especially  children,  might  get  lost  in  the  wilds 
and  chasms  of  the  mountains.  Superstition  would  ascribe  such 
disappearances  to  the  wiles  of  the  fabled  "Hill-folk"  (Hau- 
gafolk)  that  were  believed  to  live  in  the  hills  and  mountains. 
But  when  the  church  bells  were  rung  so  that  their  call  pene- 
trated into  the  fastnesses  of  the  kidnappers  it  compelled  them 
to  give  up  their  human  captives,  who  were  thus  led  by  the 
bells  home  to  their  anxious  families. 


CHAPTER  II. 

THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT 

SOME  DEFINITIONS. 

The  bygdelag  movement  has  been  treated  historically 
in  a  sketch  prepared  by  the  writer  for  Dr.  J.  S.  Johnson's 
book,  "Minnesota",  published  1914,  and  included  also  in 
"Syttende  Mai  Festskrift"  compiled  by  N.  N.  Ronning  for 
the  Committee  on  17th  of  May  celebration  in  1914.  In  the 
latter  publication  is  also  a  section  "Oplysning  om  Bygdela- 
gene"  which  has  a  brief  sketch  of  each  lag.  Otherwise 
there  is,  so  far  as  known  no  history  of  the  lags  nor  of  the 
movement,  except  as  it  may  be  gathered  from  the  "Year- 
books" and  other  special  publications  of  the  individual 
lags,  and  from  the  reports  of  meetings  and  of  lag  activities, 
in  the  files  of  the  Norwegian  language  newspapers  for  the 
years  since  the  inception  of  the  movement. 

An  American  Bygdelag  is  a  society  composed  of  natives 
of  some  particular  settlement  or  group  of  settlements  in 
Norway  and  of  their  descendants  in  this  country.  The  byg- 
delags  have  come  into  being  from  sentimental  considera- 
tions, and  their  object  is  primarily  social,  to  serve  the  end 
of  fostering  friendships  and  acquaintance  of  former  neigh- 
bors, and  of  cultivating  the  traditions  and  keeping  alive  the 
memories  of  the  ancestral  home  localities.  A  bygdelag 
might  be  styled  a  society  "for  auld  lang  syne"  but  it  also  has 
such  more  serious  and  practical  aims  as  that  of  collecting, 
preserving,  and  publishing  historical  and  biographical  in- 
formation regarding  immigrants  to  America  who  came 
from  the  district  that  the  lag  represents. 

The  bygdelags  are  organizations  of  a  national  charac- 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  45 

ter  inasmuch  as  the  membership  is  scattered  throughout 
the  country  wherever  citizens  of  Norwegian  nativity  or  de- 
scent reside.  Annual  meetings  are  held  for  social  reunion 
and  the  transaction  of  business  incident  to  the  interests  of 
the  organization.  Generally  they  publish  either  a  periodi- 
cal or  a  "yearbook"  of  special  concern  to  the  members. 
Many  have  raised  funds  for  charitable  or  memorial  gifts  to 
the  ancestral  community  or  district.  The  affairs  of  the  so- 
cieties are  administered  or  managed  by  executive  boards 
composed  of  the  officers  and  directors  acting  under  man- 
date of  constitutions  and  authority  conferred  and  defined  by 
society  action  in  the  general  meetings. 

The  compound  word  bygdelag,  as  thus  defined,  has  aris- 
en in  American  usage,  and  is  composed  of  the  words,  bygd 
meaning  settlement,  countryside,  or  built  up  neighborhood, 
and  lag,  meaning  society,  and  literally  means  a  society  of 
individuals  from  the  same  bygd  in  Norway.  Usage  at  first 
was  divided  on  the  matter  of  designating  organizations  of 
this  nature.  The  chief  rival  was  the  word  Fylkelag  or 
Fylkeslag,  derived  in  the  same  way  and  meaning  a  society 
of  people  from  the  same  fylke,  or  district  of  larger  extent 
than  a  bygd. 

There  is  in  the  Norwegian  language  a  compound  word 
of  long  established  usage  arid  of  identical  form,  bygdelag, 
in  which  the  part  lag  means  a  group  or  assemblage,  and  the 
whole  word  signifies  an  assemblage  of  settlements  or  a 
group  of  homesteads.  It  is  a  word  entirely  distinct  in  de- 
rivation and  meaning  from  the  "bygdelag"  of  American 
coinage  explained  above. 

CONDITIONS  THAT  LED  UP  TO  THE  MOVEMENT. 

The  population  of  Norway  is  and  has  ever  been  very 
largely  rural.  The  local  communities  are  as  a  rule  small, 
and  are  scattered  along  the  water  courses  of  the  interior 
and  on  the  shores  and  at  the  heads  of  the  fjords  or  inlets  of 


46  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

the  sea.  Owing  to  the  physical  characteristics  of  Norway 
these  communities  have  led  an  existence  of  segregation  and 
isolation,  varying  in  degree  with  the  character  and  extent 
of  the  natural  barriers  that  hemmed  in  the  settlements  and 
hindered  or  restrained  intercourse  with  the  outside  world. 
This  condition  of  isolation,  which  might  affect  either  a 
small,  single  settlement  or  a  group  of  settlements  set  off 
together  in  a  district  of  limited  extent,  inevitably  developed 
local  characteristics  of  speech  and  customs,  and  community 
traits,  that  contrasted  sharply  with  those  of  the  inhabitants 
of  other  and  even  near-by  settlements.  At  the  same  time 
this  isolation  strengthened  local  community  of  interests  and 
built  up  solidarity  and  communal  helpfulness.  The  inevitable 
intermarrying  of  the  families  within  such  a  limited  group, 
doubtless  helped  to  develop  distinct  settlement  types,  which 
are  characteristic  of  these  Norwegian  communities.  Of  course 
each  community  developed  traditions,  folk  lore,  standards  of 
conduct,  games,  music,  costumes  peculiar  to  itself. 

When  the  people  who  had  been  reared  under  these  con- 
ditions began  to  come  to  our  then  western  frontier,  first 
in  Illinois  and  Wisconsin,  and  later  in  Iowa,  Minnesota,  and 
farther  west,  as  the  frontier  was  pushed  on  by  the  pioneers, 
they  arrived  generally  in  companies  that  had  made  the 
long  and  arduous  journey  together.  Naturally  they  inclin- 
ed to  settle  down  together,  so  that  old  time  neighbors  be- 
came neighbors  here.  In  a  few  cases  these  neighborhood 
groups  became  nuclei  about  which  fairly  extensive  settle- 
ments of  fellow-dalesmen  grew  by  the  addition  of  later  ar- 
rivals, such  as  the  Numed^l,  Vossing  and  Sogning  settle- 
ments in  southern  Wisconsin,  and  similar  developments 
elsewhere.  But  also,  the  pushing  on  of  the  frontier  year 
after  year,  under  the  necessity  of  going  on  to  find  land  in 
plenty,  operated  to  mix  the  Norwegians  of  the  different 
bygds,  along  the  whole  Northwest  frontier,  just  as  the  same 
general  process  served  to  scatter  and  mix  together  all  the 
nationalities  that  constituted  the  pioneer  population.  Still, 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  47 

in  this  scattering  process,  the  feeling  of  community  of 
origin  did  at  times  assert  itself  so  as  to  people  considerable 
areas  with  such  as  had  come  from  the  same  district  in  Nor- 
way, not  exclusively  nor  hardly  preponderatingly,  but  so 
as  to  form  a  large  proportion  of  the  residents. 

The  matter  of  first  concern  to  the  Norwegian  settlers 
was  to  build  homes  and  enter  on  all  the  activities  connect- 
ed with  getting  on  in  the  community  of  which  they  formed 
a  part.  They  entered  on  this  work  energetically  and  became 
engrossed  in  it.  Considerations  of  sentiment  regarding 
relatives  and  the  neighbors  in  the  old  home  necessarily  oc- 
cupied a  secondary  place  in  their  minds  while  the  strenu- 
ous process  of  getting  on  was  at  its  height.  But  as  they 
attained  competence  or  prosperity  and  could  begin  to  af- 
ford more  time  for  thinking  about  the  kin  and  friends  from 
whom  they  had  become  separated,  the  desire  to  see  them 
again  began  to  assert  itself.  Naturally  they  satisfied  this 
sentiment  by  making  such  visits  as  circumstances  allowed, 
and  one  can  readily  imagine  how  the  reunions  of  these  long 
separated  friends  and  kinsmen  were  enjoyed.  But  there 
were  scores  and  hundreds  of  these  friends  separated  by 
hundred  of  miles  and  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  No  amount 
of  visiting  around  could  satisfy  the  desire  to  see  them 
all. 

Then  came  the  bygdelag  movement  or  idea.  A  reunion 
of  the  people  from  a  bygd  or  group  of  bygds  in  the  old 
country,  living  at  the  most  widely  separated  places,  might 
be  arranged  in  some  convenient,  readily  accessible  place, 
and  these  long  separated  friends,  neighbors,  and  relatives, 
could  in  one  such  visit  meet  and  see  once  again  as  many 
dear  ones  as  they  could  have  reached  in  a  long  series  of 
visits  needing  thousands  of  miles  of  costly  and  fatiguing 
travel.  And  this  was  what  happened.  One  man  conceived 
the  idea,  others  took  it  up  with  him  and  among  themselves. 
They  were  men  of  the  necessary  initiative  and  public  spir- 
it, who  put  their  idea  to  the  test  of  performance.  They 


48  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

brought  about  such  a  reunion.  The  successful  experiment 
was  repeated,  and  it  grew  into  a  permanent  institution,  with 
the  machinery  of  a  regular  organization,  a  "bygdelag." 

Following  will  be  given  first  a  chronology  of  the  more 
important  events  in  the  history  of  the  bygdelag  movement, 
which  will  be  followed  in  turn  by  an  outline  sketch  of  some 
of  the  important  phases  and  developments  of  the  move- 
ment in  general,  and  touching  upon  the  part  played  by  in- 
dividual lags  and  by  some  of  the  leaders  in  the  work. 

CHRONOLOGY  OF  THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT. 

1899.  February   2.     Public    discussion    of     Valdrisstevne 
begun  by  Article  in  Nordvesten. 

June  25.  First  Valdrisstevne,  Minneapolis.  Called  on 
initiative  of  Thomas  Lajord. 

July.  Etnebu  picnic  at  Story  City,  meetings  not  con- 
tinued. 

1900.  Sept.  9.    Second  Valdrisstevne,  Minneapolis. 

1901.  July.    "Bygdejsevning"  begun  in  Amerika. 

Sept.  8.  Committee  elected  to  organize  Valdris  Sam- 
band,  by  third  Valdrisstevne,  at  Como  Park. 

1902.  June  22.     Picnic  of  Harengs  of  Mitchell  Co.,  la. 
June.     Suggestion  of  Peter  Hove  for  a  Hailing  Stevne, 

no  action  taken. 

Aug.  31.  Meeting  of  Valdris  Samband.  First  Valdris- 
gjesteb0. 

1903.  Correspondence  in  newspapers  proposing  "stev- 
ner"  of  Hallings,  Gudbrandsd^ls,  and  Tenders. 

Jan.  27.    The  Norwegian  Society  of  America  organized. 
December.     Xo.  1,  of  Valdris  Helsing  issued. 

1906.  Nov.  30.  Article,  "Det  norske  Selskab.  Optan- 
delse"  in  Fram. 

Dec.  12.  Article,  "Haand  paa  Plogen,"  by  Dr.  Fjelde 
in  Fram. 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  49 

1907.  Jan.  16.  Telelage  organized  at  Fargo,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  The  Norwegian  Society. 

March  9.    Hallinglaget  organized  at  Walcott. 
July.    Telelage  secedes  from  the  Norwegian  Society. 
1908    June  17.    Numedalslaget  organized  at  Fargo. 
July.  No.  1,  Halling-Minne,  issued. 
Sept.   6.     Gudbrandsdalslaget  organized,   Minneapolis. 
Sept.  17.    Trp'nderlaget  organized,  Fergus  Falls. 
Oct.  22.     Nordlandslaget  organized  at  Minneapolis. 
Nov.  28.     Sognalaget  organized  at  Albert  Lea. 

1909.  March.  No.  1,  of  Telesoga  issued. 

June  17.    Selbulaget  organized  at  Atwater,  Minn. 
June  24.    Vosselaget  organized  at  Albert  Lea. 
June  30.    Saetisdalslaget  organized  at  Grand  Forks. 
Sept.  8.    Nordfjordlaget  organized,  Como  Park. 
Nov.  17.     First  conference  of  bygdelag  representatives 
met  at  Minneapolis,  on  invitation  of  Valdris  Samband. 

1910.  June  16.    Landinglag  organized  at  Minneapolis. 
June  16.    Totninglag  organized  at  Minneapolis. 

June  18.     0sterd01slag  organized  at  Fergus  Falls. 

June  25.    So'ndmp'rslag  organized  at  Moorhead,  Minn. 

Aug.  24.  Organizing  committee  for  Mjjzteenlag  elected, 
Minneapolis. 

Sept.  7.  Hadelandslag  organized,  Minnesota  State 
Fair  Ground. 

Sept.  7.    Solunglag  organized,  Minneapolis. 

Sept  10.  Stavanger  &  Sp'ndre  Bergenhus  Amters  Lag 
organized  at  Story  City. 

November.    First  Issue  (No.  31)  of  Samband  published. 

November  15.  Second  meeting  of  bygdelag  represen- 
tatives, votes  for  celebration  of  May  17,  in  1914. 

1911.  June  9.     Iowa  Telelag  organized  at  Lake  Mills, 
Iowa. 


50  THE    VALDRIS    BOOK 

June  17.    Wisconsin  Telelag  organized  at  Blair,  Wis. 

June  22.  Tinnsjjzflag  organized  at  Lake  Madison,  S.  D. 

June  24.    Sigdalslag  organized  at  Fergus  Falls. 

June  24.     Sundalslag  organized,  Minneapolis. 

Aug.  15.    Hardangerlag  organized  at  Sioux  Falls. 

Sept.  8.  Stavangerlaget  formed  by  division  of  Stav. 
£  S.  Bergh.  Amters  Lag,  Story  City. 

Sept.  8.  Sp'ndhordlandlaget  formed  by  division  of  Stav. 
&  S.  Bergh.  Amters  Lag,  Story  City. 

Oct.  28.    Twin  City  Stavangerlag  organized,  St.  Paul. 

Nov.  8.  Third  meeting  of  bygdelag  representatives, 
elects  permanent  officers,  and  adopts  plan  of  celebration. 

1912.  June  4.    Vinger,  Odalen  &  Eidskogen  Samlag  or- 
ganized, Minneapolis. 

June  16.    Bandak  Telelag  organized  at  Colfax,  Wis. 
June  18.    S0ndfjordlag  organized,  Minneapolis. 
Oct.  24.     Meeting  of  bygdelag  representatives  as  Com- 
mittee on  17th  of  May  Celebration. 

•Dec.  30.  West  Coast  branch  of  Numedalslaget  organ- 
ized, Everett,  Washington. 

1913.  Mar.  5.    Minneapolis  Trjzfnderlag  organized. 
June  14.     Romsdalslag  organized,  Minneapolis. 
Aug.  13.    Kristianialag  organized,  Minneapolis.  , 
Sept.  3.     Nordhordlandslag  organized,  Minneapolis. 
Oct.  8.     Bygdelag  representatives  meet  as  17th  of  May 

Committee,  Minneapolis. 

Oct.  20.    Hurdalslag  organized,  Ostrander,  Minn. 

1914.  Jan.  27.  17th  of  May  Committee  opens  headquar- 
ters in  Minneapolis. 

April  29.     Meeting  of  bygdelag  representatives  as  17th 
of  May  Committee,  Minneapolis. 

May  16.     Bygdelags  meet  on  Fair  Ground. 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  51 

May  17.  Exercises  and  Concert  in  Hippodrome,  Fair 
Ground. 

May  18.  Exercises  of  centennial  celebration  of  17th  of 
May. 

June  19.  Bygdelag  representatives  met  in  Minneapolis. 
Committee  on  permanent  organization  elected. 

Sept.  11.  Meeting  of  Bygdelag  men  on  call  of  Ristad 
and  Trovaten,  Minneapolis. 

Nov.  27.  Committee  of  five  elected  by  June  19  meeting 
met,  Minneapolis. 

1915.  June  4.    Smaalenslag  organized  at  Kenyon,  Minn. 

1916.  Jan.  25.  Meeting  of  Bygdelag  representatives.  Min- 
neapolis, on  Call  of  Committee  of  Five,  elects  committee  of 
nine   to   draw   up   constitution   for   Council   of    Bygdelags 
(Faellesraad). 

April  18.  Committee  of  Nine  adopts  draft  of  constitu- 
tion for  Faellesraad  of  Bygdelags. 

June  7.    Ringerikeslaget  organized  at  Albert  Lea. 

November  17.  Council  of  Bygdelags  met  and  organized, 
Minneapolis. 

1917.  Nov.  21.     Second  meeting  of  Council  of  Bydge- 
lags,  Minneapolis. 

1918.  Meeting  of  Council  of  Bygdelags  suspended. 

1919.  Dec.  9.    Council  of  Bygdelags  met,  Minneapolis. 

AN  OUTLINE  SKETCH  OF  THE  HISTORY  OF  THE 
BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT. 

THE  VALORISES. 

The  bygdelag  movement  began  among  the  Valdrises. 
They  have  come  from  a  district  in  the  central  interior  of 
Norway  that  contains  a  population  of  17,300  souls.  In  this 
country  they  live  widely  scattered,  as  do  other  citizens  of 
Norwegian  descent,  especially  through  the  whole  North- 


52  THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 

west.  They  began  their  meetings  and  built  up  an  organ- 
ization several  years  before  the  contingents  from  other 
parts  of  Norway  took  up  the  same  kind  of  activity.  As  a 
separate  chapter  of  this  work  is  devoted  to  a  history  of 
the  movement  among  the  Valdrises,  a  very  brief  outline  of 
their  activity  as  pioneers  in  it  will  serve  to  introduce  this 
general  outline  sketch. 

Mr.  Thomas  Lajord  published  a  communication  in  the 
St.  Paul  paper  Nordvesten  in  February,  1899,  in  which  he 
proposed  that  his  fellow  Valdrises,  residents  of  St.  Paul 
and  Minneapolis,  should  hold  a  reunion  sometime  in  the 
spring.  To  this  a  writer  made  answer  in  the  same  paper, 
supporting  the  suggestion,  but  he  advocated  that  the  in- 
vitation should  include  Valdrises  everywhere  in  the  coun- 
try and  the  meeting  be  fixed  for  a  time  late  enough  to  have 
it  out  of  doors.  The  discussion  thus  started  resulted  in 
the  holding  of  a  picnic  and  reunion  in  Minneapolis  in  June, 
1899.  Mr.  Lajord  presided  over  a  program  of  singing  and 
music,  especially  such  as  is  characteristic  of  old  Valdris, 
and  there  was  a  formal  address  in  Valdris  dialect,  and 
verses  in  the  same  dialect  and  composed  for  the  occasion, 
were  sung  or  recited.  But  the  special  feature  of  the  event 
was  the  informal  visiting  between  the  numerous,  long  sep- 
arated fellow-dalesmen,  who  in  this  intercourse  did  their 
best  to  use  the  dialect  peculiar  to  their  old  home  bygd.  A 
similar  meeting  was  held  by  the  Valdrises  the  following 
year,  1900. 

An  enlarged  committee,  with  Dr.  J.  S.  Johnson  as  chair- 
man, took  up  the  preparations  for  a  meeting  in  1901,  which 
convened  in  Como  Park,  Sept.  8.  It  was  in  character  like 
the  two  previous  reunions  and  included  a  picnic  and  a  va- 
ried program.  The  formal  address  was  given  by  the  writer 
of  this  sketch.  At  this  meeting  a  series  of  resolutions  were 
passed,  voting  that  a  permanent  society  of  Valdrises  be 
formed,  and  electing  a  committee  of  seven  to  draw  up  a 
constitution  and  to  be  in  charge  until  the  meeting  the  fol- 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  53 

lowing  year.  The  attendance  at  this  meeting  of  1901  was 
large,  estimated  in  the  newspaper  reports  at  2000  or  more, 
and  possibly  half  were  from  the  states  of  Wisconsin,  Illinois, 
Iowa,  Nebraska,  the  Dakotas,  and  from  numerous  places  in 
Minnesota  outside  the  Twin  Cities.  It  was  emphatically  a 
meeting  of  national  character  or  representation. 

When  the  committee  of  seven  organized  A.  A.  Veblen, 
the  writer  of  this  sketch,  was  elected  chairman  and  Dr.  J. 
S.  Johnson  secretary.  A  constitution  was  drawn  up  and  the 
name  Valdris  Samband  (union)  was  adopted.  This  pro- 
vided for  an  executive  board  (Styre)  consisting  of  a  presi- 
dent, vice-president,  secretary-treasurer  and  two  addition- 
al directors.  Among  other  provisions  was  that  for  the 
holding  of  annual  meetings,  for  collecting  biographical  and 
historical  information  regarding  members  and  other  Val- 
drises,  and  for  the  preservation  and  publication  of  matters 
of  interest  to  Valdrises. 

The  new  society  grew  and  flourished  and  its  annual 
meetings  were  well  attended  and  attracted  no  little  atten- 
tion among  people  of  Norwegian  extraction.  Among  the 
reunion  features  instituted  by  the  Samband  is  to  be  men- 
tioned the  banquets  of  the  annual  meetings.  The  first  of 
these  was  prepared  on  the  initiative  of  the  secretary,  Dr. 
J.  S.  Johnson,  and  took  place  in  the  evening  after  the  gen- 
eral, out  of  doors  meeting  in  the  park  in  1902.  He  gave  it 
the  name  "Valdrisgjesteb0",  meaning  Valdris  party.  It 
proved  very  popular  and  the  banquets  have  since  been  an 
essential  feature  of  the  reunions.  Also,  in  1903  the  presi- 
dent and  secretary  began  the  publication  of  a  diminutive 
quarterly,  bearing  the  name  "Valdris  Helsing",  as  an  organ 
of  the  Samband. 

The  first  reunion  of  Valdrises,  in  1899,  came  to  be  spok- 
en of  in  the  press  reports  and  otherwise,  as  a  "Valdris- 
stevne."  Stevne  is  a  word  meaning  a  meet  or  gathering  of 
a  prearranged  nature,  and  the  word  has  since  become  a 
special  designation  of  this  class  of  meetings  or  reunions, 
as  Sognastevne,  Hallingstevne,  etc. 


54 

NEWSPAPER  AGITATION. 

The  Valdris  Samband  remained  the  sole  organization 
of  this  class  until  other  bygdefolk  began  to  organize  in 
1907.  But  this  was  owing  to  no  lack  of  agitation  or  of  sug- 
gestion to  emulate  the  Valdrises.  The  writer  has  knowl- 
edge of  but  one  early  attempt  on  the  part  of  others  than 
the  Valdrises  to  hold  any  such  meet.  In  a  private  letter 
which  he  received  from  Mr.  Peter  Hadley  of  Badger,  Iowa, 
and  which  is  dated  July  20,  1902,  occur  the  passages :  "My 
parents  are  from  Etne  prestegjeld,  Bergens  Stift",  and  "We 
had  an  Etnesbu  picnic  in  Story  City  (Iowa)  three  years  ago, 
and  had  a  gooql  time.  But  we  did  not  start  an  organiza- 
tion. There  is  where  we  made  a  mistake."  This  places  the 
resultless  effort  of  the  people  from  Etne  parish  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1899,  the  year  of  the  first  Valdrisstevne.  It  attract- 
ed no  particular  attention,  and  it  seems  to  have  been  inspir- 
ed or  suggested  to  the  Etnebus  by  the  discussion  going  on 
in  the  press  during  the  spring  of  that  year  by  Lajord  and 
other  Valdrises,  which,  as  we  have  seen,  led  to  the  first  re- 
union of  Valdrises,  in  Minneapolis. 

In  June,  1^02,  Peter  E.  Hove  suggests  in  Skandinaven, 
that  the  Railings  meet  in  a  reunion  at  a  "suitable  place  in 
Minnesota",  but  modestly  disclaims  making  a  definite  mo- 
tion (forslag).  Other  Railings  did  propose  a  meet  during 
the  State  Fair  in  September.  The  last  heard  from  them 
was  an  appeal  in  February,  1903  in  Skandinaven,  to  "wake 
up"  and  to  "gather  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Valdrises 
did" 

Some  people  from  Hardanger,  residents  of  Mitchell  and 
Worth  counties,  Iowa,  met  at  Utopica  Springs  near  St. 
Ansgar,  June  22,  1902,  and  again  at  the  same  place  in  1903, 
which  is  the  last  stevne  of  Harengs  heard  of  until  they 
joined  the  general  movement  half  a  dozen  years  later. 

During  March  and  April,  1904,  appeared  three  different 
appeals  in  Skandinaven,  calling  on  some  one  to  start  some- 
thing among  the  Sognings,  but  nothing  came  of  it  then. 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  55 

Four  clippings  from  Skandinaven,  of  1903-4,  contain  en- 
couragement for  the  people  of  Gudbrandsdalen  to  do  like 
the  Valdrises  and  get  a  stevne.  "Let  some  one  point  out  a 
competent  man,  or  a  committee  .  .  .  and  decide  on  a  time 
and  place"  says  one. 

But  for  the  time  being,  at  least,  nothing  came  of  the 
writing  of  Gudbrandsd01s,  Sognings,  or  Railings.  The  lo- 
cal experiments  of  Etnebus  and  Harengs  proved  disap- 
pointing. But  especially  disappointing  is  the  miscarriage 
of  the  efforts  of  those  from  the  mighty  province  of  Tr0n- 
delagen  to  make  a  start.  The  Tr0nders  number  approxi- 
mately one  tenth  of  the  entire  population  of  Norway.  Their 
section  has  an  illustrious  place  in  Norway's  history,  and 
no  American  settlers  from  Norway  have  brought  with  them 
prouder  traditions  than  have  the  Trjzfnders.  They  have  a 
bantering  slogan,  'Dae  bli  it'  no  taa  f0r  Tr0nderan  kjem". 
(There  will  be  nothing  doing  till  the  Tr0nders  arrive.) 
The  writer  has  33  clippings  from  Skandinaven,  covering  a 
year's  time  from  March,  1903,  in  which  Trjzfnders  discuss 
the  calling  together  of  a  Tr0nderstevne,  all  but  one  support- 
ing the  idea.  The  above  quoted  slogan  was  repeated  in 
several  communications,  and  the  statement  was  made  in 
apparent  seriousness,  that  they  are  the  real,  genuine  Nor- 
wegians above  all  others  "Aye,  let  us  Tr0nders  gather 
and  meet,  so  that  we  may  really  for  once  get  something 
genuine."  "As  heirs  of  the  great  past  (mindernes  arvtage- 
re)  we  should  have  it  in  us  to  unite  about  that  which  was 
great  and  noble  in  our  heroic  ancestors."  Seriously  or  play- 
fully meant,  the  letters  bristle  with  these  and  similar  boasts 
and  appeals  to  take  the  lead  which  unquestionably  belong- 
ed to  the  Tr0nders.  Some  writer  in  playful  malice  (Kvar- 
talskrift,  July,  1905)  later  said  of  all  this  that  the  Tr0nders 
"moved  heaven  and  Skandinaven"  (satte  himmelen  og 
Skandinaven  i  bevaegelse).  That  the  committee  named  by 
some  of  these  writers  actually  met,  is  likely  doubtful.  But 
a  well  known  Tr0nder  and  editor  of  a  leading  newspaper, 
did  about  this  time  tell  the  writer,  that  a  number  of  promin- 


56  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

ent  Tenders  had  met  at  his  office,  and  after  canvassing  the 
situation  decided  not  to  go  ahead  with  the  call  for  a  meet, 
because  it  did  look  as  if  they  should  cut  a  poor  figure  in 
comparison  with  the  Valdrises,  and  he  added,  "so  you  will 
occupy  the  field  alone." 

From  the  year  1904  forward  the  papers  contained  no  no- 
ticeable agitation  for  reunions  of  any  Norwegian  bygde- 
folk,  and  the  Valdris  Samband  "occupying  the  field  alone" 
prospered  and  its  annual  reunions  attracted  hundreds  of 
visitors  besides  the  Valdrises.  It  is  quite  possible,  indeed 
probable  that  this  agitation  for  "stevner"  had  been  consid- 
erably stimulated  by  the  articles  that  ran  as  a  series  under 
the  title  "Bygdejsevning"  in  Amerika,  beginning  in  July  or 
August,  1901  and  continuing  for  something  more  than  a 
year.  The  authors  of  these  articles  strove  to  show  wherein 
their  particular  bygdefolk,  as  Sognings,  Valdrises,  etc.,  out- 
classed other  bygdefolk.  It  is  fair  to  assume  that  these 
Bygdejsevning  articles  served  as  a  considerable  part  of  the 
stimulus  that  at  last  set  the  bygdelag  activity  going  as  a 
general  movement.  The  editor,  Professor  R.  B.  Anderson, 
later  published  the  articles  in  a  volume  bearing  the  title  of 
the  series,  Bygdejsevning. 

THE  NORWEGIAN  SOCIETY  AND  THE  FARGO  COTERIE. 

The  Norwegian  Society  of  America  had  been  organized 
in  January,  1903,  but  its  growth  had  not  been  as  rapid  as 
had  been  hoped  for  it.  In  the  year  1906  its  fortunes  were 
largely  in  the  care  of  a  number  of  enthusiastic  men  resid- 
ing at  Fargo  or  centering  about  that  place,  with  the  lov- 
able Rev.  Bendik  Bondahl  president  of  the  Society.  The 
leading  spirit  of  this  group,  the  late  Dr.  Herman  Fjelde,  of 
Abercrombie  was  secretary.  The  chief  organ  of  this  co- 
terie was  the  paper  Fram,  published  and  edited  by  Mr. 
Trovaten,  who  was  quite  active  in  propaganda  for  the  So- 
ciety, and  seems  to  have  collaborated  actively  with  the  sec- 
retary. Their  plans  were  first  revealed  in  an  article  in 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  5V 

Fram  of  Nov.  30,  1906,  purporting  to  relate  a  vision  which 
the  editor  had  had.     Its  title  is : 


"THE  NORWEGIAN  SOCIETY 
RESURRECTION." 

The  editor  begins  by  commending  the  tale  of  his  revela- 
tion to  Secretary  Fjelde,  President  Bondahl,  and  others 
high  in  the  councils  of  the  Society,  and  proceeds : 

"We  array  ourselves  in  clans  (fylker)  we  Norwegians 
in  America ;  we  organize  Sygnafylke,  Raumdjzflafylke,  Val- 
drisfylke,  etc.  The  Valdris  has  organized  his  array.  The 
Telemarking  now  follows  him ;  all  the  others  gather  in  turn. 

"Annually  each  fyloe  meets  in  fylkes-thing  (i.  e.  stevne). 
.  .  The  Rogalanding  has  his  good  time  by  himself,  the 
Hailing  by  himself,  etc. — just  as  the  Valdris  has  shown  the 
way. 

"Or  we  may  aim  at  more  comprehensive  combinations 
and  meetings  of  several  fylker  in  Eidsivathing,  Frostathing, 
M^rething,  etc. 

"But  the  Fylking-arrays,  fylkestevner,  are  merely  mem- 
bers of  the  NORIGS-SAMLAG  the  Norwegian  Society.  . 
.  .  They  are  the  fylke-things  as  related  to  the  Althing. 

"Once  a  year  the  representatives  of  the  fylker  meet  in 
the  Althing,  the  Storthing  of  the  Norwegian  Society.  .  . 

"We  make  a  gift  of  the  revelation  to  the  president  and 
secretary  of  the  Norwegian  Society,  and  await  from  that 
quarter  a  new  and  improved  edition  at  an  early  date." 

In  the  above  quotation  some  of  the  detailed  elaboration 
has  been  omitted,  such  as  the  rivalry  and  emulation  which 
is  to  characterize  the  efforts  of  the  different  clans  and 
chieftains. 

Two  weeks  later,  December  7,  Fram  contained  a  well 
displayed  first-page  article,  which  was  signed :  "Dr.  H. 
Fjelde,  Abercrombie,  N.  D."  and  begins  thus: 


58  THE   VAL.DRIS   BOOK 

"The  Idea  is  Good  and  Practical.    Hand  to  the  Plow." 

"The  proposal  of  Fram  regarding  "Fylkestevner"  etc., 
must  be  taken  up.  The  idea  is  good ;  it  is  also  practicable. 

"But  now  it  must  not  go  to 'sleep.  A  Telelag,  Rauma- 
lag,  M^relag,  etc.,  must  be  formed.  Later  the  rivers  will 
flow  together  into  the  great  Landslag  NORIG  or  the  Nor- 
wegian Society." 

The  author  goes  on  to  explain  that  a  man  must  be  se- 
cured as  organizer  for  each  fylke,  whom  he  designates 
"fylkekonge".  He  lists  19  fylker  and  names  suitable  clan- 
kings  for  nearly  all  of  them,  picking  the  candidates  from  the 
general  vicinity  of  Fargo,  and  it  is  worth  noting  that  he 
has  "For  M0re  og  Romsdal.  Herman  Fjelde"  in  the  list. 
And  he  ends  the  article : 

"Begin  therefore  to  send  letters  to  the  men  named,  (as 
fylke-kings),  and  should  there  be  one  thing  or  another,  in 
which  I  may  be  of  assistance  as  secretary  of  the  Norwegian 
Society,  write!  I  shall  do  my  best.  Dr.  H.  Fjelde,  Aber- 
erombie,  N.  D." 

This  alluring  and  comprehensive  scheme  by  which  the 
Norwegian  society  was  to  be  "resurrected"  and  built  up  by 
the  creation  of  "lags"  patterned  after  the  Valdris  Samband, 
was  industriously  exploited  in  Fram  during  the  winter 
1906-7.  But  Loke  had  evidently  insinuated  himself  into 
the  council  of  the"  gods  upon  whom  the  seer  had  called 
to  give  him  clearness  of  vision ;  for  events  were  shortly  to 
prove  it  anything  but  an  auspicious  revelation  of  the  pow- 
ers supernal. 

The  editor  of  Fram  had  foreshadowed  the  organization 
of  a  Telelag  as  early  as  a  week  before  the  publication  of  the 
vision  of  the  resurrection  of  the  Norwegian  Society.  He 
and  other  Teler  on  January  16  organized  a  society,  with 
Mr.  Bondahl  as  president,  and  the  constitution,  published 
in  Fram  contained  the  paragraph :  "The  society's  name  is 
Telelage.  It  is-  subordinate  to  the  Norwegian  Society". 
(Det  stend  unde  d.  n.  S.).  This  was  the  first-fruit  of  the 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  59 

new  propaganda.  The  seer  had  led  his  Teler  into  the  fold. 
But  the  high-priest  had  worse  luck;  for,  on  Jan.  25,  Fram 
contains  the  item :  "A  M0relag  was  not  organized  at  Far- 
go. I  found  too  few  M0rings." 

Preceded  by  a  series  of  communications  in  Fram  from 
Fjelde,  Ole  Lovdokken,  and  others,  a  meeting  of  Mailings 
at  Walcott  March  9,  1907,  organized  Hallinglaget  i  Ameri- 
ka.  Its  constitution  had  no  reference  to  the  Norwegian  So- 
ciety; and  in  Fram  of  the  22nd  of  March,  this  circumstance 
was  commented  on  by  Mr.  H.  R.  Holand,  who  says  that  in 
the  three  column  report  of  the  Hailing  meeting  there  is  not 
a  word  about  the  Norwegian  Society,  Norwegian  problems, 
or  patriotism,  and  that  the  nine  paragraphs  of  the  constitu- 
tion begin  and  end  with  Hallingdal.  This  article  provoked 
rejoinders  from  both  Lovdokken  and  Halvor  Ulsaker.  The 
latter  reminds  Mr.  Holand  that  his  censure  is  not  welcome, 
so  long  as  the  "Hallings  are  attending  to  their  own  affairs 
and  are  not  sticking  their  noses  into  others'  business". 

It  is  difficult  to  appraise  the  real  effect  of  the  whirlwind 
agitation  in  Fram  by  Trovaten  and  Fjelde.  It  was  local 
to  the  region  in  western  Minnesota  and  eastern  North  Da- 
kota which  naturally  centered  upon  Fargo,  and  stirred  but 
the  merest  ripples  in  the  press  elsewhere.  The  net  tangible 
result  for  1907  is  the  start  of  the  Telelag  and  the  Halling- 
lag.  Beside  Bondahl  not  one  of  the  thirteen  fylke-kings 
named  in  the  Fjelde  article  of  December  12,  1906,  became 
president  of  a  bygdelag,  unless  we  should  make  allowances 
for  Mr.  H.  H.  Strom,  who  in  the  Fram  scheme,  was  an  af- 
terthought three  months  later,  and  Fjelde  himself  who  be- 
came president  when  the  So'ndm^rslag  materialized  four 
and  a  half  years  after.  No  subsidiary  "fylkings"  were  gain- 
ed by  the  Norwegian  Society ;  for  the  Telelag  at  its  first 
general  meeting,  June,  1"907,  voted  to  rescind  all  those  pro- 
visions of  the  constitution  which  concerned  its  connection 
with  the  Selskab.  Preliminary  organizations  of  Trjzfnders. 
Guclbrandsd01s,  and  M0rings,  that  had  been  set  on  foot  by 


60  THE  VALDRIS    BOOK 

Fjelde,  and  had  been  proclaimed  as  acquisitions  of  the  Sel- 
skab,  soon  flickered  out  altogether. 

The  two  authors  of  the  propaganda  make  the  claim  that 
it  was  the  start  of  the  bygdelag  movement,  and  each  claims 
the  credit  of  originating  the  idea. 

Thus,  editorially,  Fram  of  July  2,  1909,  says:  "When 
we  nearly  three  years  since,  brought  out  the  idea  that  peo- 
ple from  the  different  districts  in  Norway  should  come  to- 
gether and  form  fylkeslags,  we  had  the  firm  conviction  that 
the  idea  would  take,  but  that  the  movement  would  spread 
so  rapidly  we  dared  not  hope.  In  January,  1907,  we  as- 
sumed authority  to  nominate  certain  Fylkekings.  Many  of 
them  assumed  the  duty  laid  on  them,  and  the  result  is  that 
there  are  to-day  10  fylkeslags  fully  organized  and  having 
a  comparatively  large  number  of  particularly  enthusiastic 
members.  We  believed,  when  we  first  set  the  movement 
going,  that  it  would  rouse  the  Norwegian  people  in  Ameri- 
ca as  no  other  thing." 

Similar  assertions  appear  elsewhere  in  Fram.  They  all 
indicate  that  the  editor  claims  credit  for  "setting  the  move- 
ment going",  and  the  conclusion  seems  irresistible  that  he 
also  wrote  the  article  nominating  the  long  list  of  fylke- 
kings  which  was  signed  "Dr.  H.  Fjelde,  Abercrombie,  N. 
D." 

Dr.  Fjelde  gives  the  Norwegian  Society  credit  for  hav- 
ing started  the  bygdelag  movement,  but  as  he  was  at  the 
time  its  secretary  while  being  the  one  man  who  actively 
advocated  the  thought  of  Fram's  vision,  this  is  but  a  modest 
acceptance  of  the  credit  for  himself.  In  an  article  publish- 
ed in  the  Norwegian  papers  in  1911  he  says:  "Then  there 
is  the  bygdelag  movement.  It  is  the  Norwegian  Society 
which  has  set  this  movement  going.  The  purpose  was  to 
get  the  members  arranged  according  to  the  fylker  they 
came  from.  .  .  .  The  efforts  of  the  Society  in  behalf  of 
these  fylkeslags  led  to  the  establishment  of  our  most  vigor- 
ous bygdelags,  and  the  example  has  been  effective  since 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  61 

the  Telelag,  the  Hallinglag,  the  Numedalslag,  the  Tr0nder- 
lag  were  founded." 

Passing  the  numerous  articles  from  his  prolific  pen,  we 
may  note  one  in  Fram  of  July  1,  1915.  Here  he  recalls 
that  when  he  was  secretary  of  the  Norwegian  Society  in 
1906,  he  saw  that  to  gain  support  it  was  necessary  to  change 
the  relations  of  members  by  grouping  them  according  to 
fylker,  branches  of  a  Normanna-Lag,  the  Norwegian  So- 
ciety, and  "as  the  idea  gained  the  favor  of  the  editorial 
staff  (redaktionen)  of  Fram,  and  Huseby  was  editor,  we 
had  good  support"  etc.  He  tells  how  the  project  failed, 
but  thinks,  nevertheless,  that  the  agitation  in  behalf  of  the 
Society  started  the  formation  of  all  these  lags  after  Val- 
dris  Samband  (and  "Vossingen",  which  is  a  name  he  coins 
for  a  men's  club  of  the  fifties  and  early  sixties  within  the 
congregation  of  the  first  Norwegian  Lutheran  church  in 
Chicago). 

The  name  "bygdelag",  which  has  become  the  univer- 
sally accepted  designation  of  these  organizations,  came  in- 
to use  about  the  beginning  of  1907.  We  have  seen  how 
fylke,  fylking,  fylkestevne,  were  used  in  Fram.  "Lag"  oc- 
curs in  Fram  November  23,  1906,  in  "Telelaget  kommer". 
Fylkeslag  is  used  in  Fram,  December  14.  Bygdelag  is  used 
by  Fjelde  December  21,  and  in  a  Fram  editorial  January 
11,  1907.  Usage  was  divided  between  bygdelag  and  fylkes- 
lag  from  the  beginning,  but  the  former  has  become  the  cur- 
rent designation. 

THE  SPREAD   OF  THE  BYGDE-STEVNE   IDEA   AND 
FORMATION  OF  LAGS. 

The  Chronology  immediately  preceding  this  sketch 
shows  in  outline  the  general  development  of  the  bygdelag 
movement  by  noting  the  dates  of  important  events  in  their 
order,  especially  the  time  of  organization  of  each  lag.  The 
further  aim  of  the  present  sketch  is  to  afford  a  cursory  sur- 
vey of  the  movement  as  a  whole,  rather  than  a  treatment  of 
the  individual  organizations.  We  have  dwelt  on  the  epi- 


62  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

sode  of  the  propaganda  by  and  among  the  Fargo  coterie  as 
briefly  as  could  be  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  reader 
to  form  a  judgment  as  to  its  real  influence  on  the  progress 
of  the  bygdelag  movement.  During  its  brief  course  much 
space  was  given  to  it  in  Fram,  but  it  is  believed  that  the 
few  citations  that  have  been  made  above  are  sufficiently 
representative  to  serve  the  reader's  need. 

Both  the  lags  organized  in  1907  became  vigorous  and 
have  prospered.  Both  followed  the  example  of  the  Valdris 
Samband  in  starting  special  publications  of  their  own  in  th> 
form  of  quarterlies.  These  they  have  maintained  uninter- 
ruptedly and  have  thus  put  into  permanent  form  much  that 
is  of  historical  value,  President  Bondahl  did  not  live  long 
to  conduct  the  affairs  of  the  Telelag.  He  was  succeeded  by 
A.  A.  Trovaten,  who  has  held  the  office  continuously  un- 
til lately.  Dr.  Olaf  Th.  Sherping,  the  first  president  of  the 
Hallinglag  served  until  1915  and  by  his  wise,  conservative 
administration  contributed  much  to  the  high  standing  that 
his  lag  rapidly  attained. 

The  year  1908  saw  five  new  lags  added  to  the  three  so 
far  formed.  First  of  these  is  the  Numedalslag.  A  most 
fortunate  choice  of  president  was  made  in  the  person  of 
Hon.  H.  H.  Strom,  who  held  the  office  until  his  death  June 
8,  1917.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  the  very  excellent 
record  made  by  this  lag  is  due  in  very  large  measure  to  his 
wise  and  vigilant  administration  of  its  affairs.  He  was  to 
the  whole  bygdelag  sisterhood  an  example  of  a  model  offi  • 
cer  and  a  counselor  of  unfailing  good  judgment.  In  its 
secretary,  Enestvedt,  who  has  served  in  that  office  since 
soon  after  the  lag  was  organized,  the  Numedalslag  has  been 
fortunate  in  similar  manner.  The  late,  lamented  Greger- 
son,  its  sagaskriver  was  another  man  to  whom  both  this 
lag  and  the  whole  movement  owes  a  great  debt  for  his 
fruitful  labors. 

Gudbrandsdalslaget  has  likewise  been  signally  fortunate 
in  its  retention  in  the  presidency  of  the  same  man  since  its 
inception.  The  lag  of  course  owes  to  him  and  his  capable 


THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT  63 

leadership  its  strength  as  an  organization  and  especially  the 
consistent  wisdom  of  policy  that  has  distinguished  it  among 
the  lags.  Mr.  Thorkveen  is  in  a  peculiar  sense  a  pioneer 
as  well  as  a  leader  among  bygdelag  men ;  for  he  was,  so  to 
speak,  initiated  at  the  very  wellspring  of  the  movement, 
having  been  present  and  participated  as  a  visitor  at  the 
first  Valdrisstevne,  in  1899. 

An  important  event  in  bygdelag  history  is  necessarily 
the  meeting  at  Fergus  Falls  at  which  a  large  gathering  of 
Tr^nders  organized  their  lag.  With  its  large  contingent  of 
possible  members  all  over  the  Northwest,  which  includes  a 
proportionately  large  number  of  capable  men,  this  lag  was 
bound  to  occupy  a  place  of  great  prominence  among  all  the 
lags.  It  is  but  natural  that  the  numerically  smaller  lags 
may  at  times  be  inclined  to  impute  to  the  Tr0nders  an  am- 
bition aimed  at  the  hegemony  of  the  lags,  as  expressed  in 
the  slogan  that  we  have  quoted  in  an  earlier  portion  of  this 
sketch.  It  is  true  that  the  Tr0nderlag  has  had  a  most  able 
line  of  presidents,  but  it  is  also  true  that  its  leading  spirit 
and  foremost  representative  has  been  Professor  D.  G.  Ris- 
tad,  whose  energy  and  ability  have  made  a  particularly 
strong  impress  upon  the  bygdelags  as  a  whole. 

Nordlandslaget  and  Sognalaget,  which  complete  the 
quintet  thatt>egan  their  careers  during  this  year,  have  both 
been  vigorous  members  of  the  sisterhood,  not  less  prosper- 
ous or  successful  than  those  that  came  before  them,  and  in 
all  respects  fully  typical  and  representative. 

The  year  1909  added  four  lags  to  the  eight  so  far  noted. 
Within  the  confines  of  the  division  of  Norway  represented 
by  the  Tr0nderlag  lies  the  parish  of  Selbu  of  some  five  or 
six  thousand  souls.  With  traditions  and  interests  of  a 
strongly  localized  character,  these  people  felt  the  need  of 
an  organization  of  their  own,  which  is  in  no  sense  .inimical 
to  the  larger  lag  to  which  also  its  members  are  eligible  as 
all  Tenders  are.  The  Selbulag  has  been  led  by  the  same 
group  of  officers  since  the  beginning,  and  that  in  a  very  effi- 
cient manner. 


64  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

Vosselaget  represents  a  contingent  that  includes  many 
of  the  foremost  contributions  of  fine  citizens  that  the  Nor- 
wegians have  made  to  America.  The  Vossings  were  among 
the  earliest  of  Norwegians  to  emigrate,  and  their  history 
as  an  element  of  the  country  of  their  adoption  is  one  of 
which  they  are  rightly  proud.  It  was  inevitable  that  their 
lag  should  play  an  important  role  in  this  movement.  It  has 
been  led  by  a  succession  of  prominent  men  in  the  persons 
of  its  officers.  But  the  one  man  who  has  held  a  unique 
place  among  them  is  their  historiographer,  the  venerable 
Knud  Henderson,  whose  knowledge  of  the  Vossings  here 
and  in  the  old  home  doubtless  surpasses  that  of  any  one 
else. 

Mr.  Henderson,  it  seems,  would  like  to  claim  for  his 
Vossings  that  they  originated  the  bygdelag  movement.  In 
the  first  Norwegian  Lutheran  church  in  Chicago,  of  which 
the  pioneer  preacher  Paul  Anderson  (Norland)  from  Val- 
dris  was  pastor,  the  leading  element  were  Vossings.  The 
men  of  the  congregation  for  a  number  of  years  maintained 
an  informal  club  for  social  intercourse  and  also  held  liter- 
ary sessions  They  were  so  predominently  of  Voss  origin 
that  the  aggregation  popularly  was  designated  as  the  Voss 
party,  or  the  social  sessions  to  which  their  women  folk 
were  admitted  and  at  which  these  had  charge  -of  the  refec- 
tions, were  spoken  of  as  Voss  parties.  Still,  it  is  a  far  cry 
from  a  men's  local  club  in  which  the  Vossings  were  acci- 
dentally in  the  majority,  in  the  late  fifties  and  early  sixties, 
to  a  modern  bygdelag  with  its  stevne-gatherings  as  the  es- 
sential feature  and  foundation  idea.  Mr.  Henderson  ad- 
vances his  claim  in  Skandinaven  March  3,  1909,  and  his 
wistful  attitude  is  further  expressed  in  an  interview  in 
Fram  June  17,  1915,  and  is  more  elaborately  set  forth  in 
Samband,  No.  91,  Nov.  1915. 

At  the  head  of  the  Saetisdalslag  has  been  from  the  start 
Mr.  Bjornaraa,  and  this  organization  has  under  his  leader- 
ship been  particularly  devoted  to  the  traditions,  music,  and 
customs  of  the  home  valley  in  Norway;  the  costumes, 


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THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT  65 

speech  and  airs  of  "home"  have  been  special  features  of 
their  reunions. 

Rev.  R.  J.  Meland,  as  early  as  the  time  that  the  Valdris 
Samband  was  the  only  bygdelag,  was  considering  the  mat- 
ter of  an  organization  of  Nordfjordings,  and  it  was  on  his 
initiative  that  a  number  of  them  first  met  and  began  their 
lag,  of  which  this  wise  and  conservative  leader  was  for 
many  years  the  president.  He  deserves  especial  mention 
for  his  efforts  in  the  direction  of  co-operation  and  good 
entente  between  the  bygdelags. 

With  the  addition  of  these  four  lags  in  1909  the  year 
closed  with  twelve  bygdelags  organized  and  in  activity.  The 
following  year,  1910,  witnessed  great  activity  and  advance 
of  the  movement,  as  no  fewer  than  eight  permanent  and 
vigorous  lags  began  their  careers  within  the  year. 

Of  the  Landinglag  Mr.  H.  A.  M.  Steen  has  been  presi- 
dent from  the  date  of  organization,  and  the  activity  of  the 
lag  has  been  of  the  same  sturdy  nature  as  that  of  this  popu- 
lar leader.  The  Landings  have  moreover  been  very  for- 
tunate in  having  as  secretary  for  five  years  Mr.  C.  H.  Beck. 

The  Totenlag,  started  at  the  same  time  as  the  preceding, 
is  another  of  the  many  lags  that  have  retained  in  the  office 
of  president  the  same  man  continuously  from  the  beginning 
of  permanent  organization.  There  has  been  no  lack  of  en- 
ergy in  the  leadership  of  Mr;  Johan  C.  Gran  in  this  capacity. 

Totenlaget  represents,  like  the  Selbulag,  a  section  of 
the  region  which  a  larger  lag  includes,  namely  the  Mjjzfeen- 
lag.  But  the  organization  of  the  Totenlag  antedated  that 
of  the  Mjjztebygds.  It  is  of  course  an  entirely  independent 
society,  but  in  no  sense  inimical  to  the  larger  one  nor  a 
rival  of  it. 

The  0sterdalslag  has  pursued  the  same  wise  policy  of 
retaining  in  the  chief  office  its  first  president,  Hon.  N.  T. 
Moen,  and  one  recognizes  in  the  business-like  conduct  of 
its  affairs  the  influence  of  the  guiding  hand  of  the  man  of 
affairs. 

Dr.  H.  Fjelde  was  the  first  president  of  the  S0ndm0rs- 


6C  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

lag  when  he  at  length  in  1910  realized  his  fond  dream  of  a 
M^relag,  which  did  not  materialize  at  the  time  of  the  Fram 
agitation  three  years  earlier.  This  lag  has,  however,  been 
a  worthy  member  of  the  sisterhood  of  societies  and  has 
loyally  seconded  the  many  efforts  of  cultural  importance 
for  which  its  leading  man,  the  lamented  Dr.  Fjelde,  is  de- 
servedly famous. 

As  we  have  noted  in  the  case  of  so  many  of  the  bygde- 
lags,  the  continuance  in  the  chief  office  of  the  same  man, 
has  characterized  two  other  lags  organized  this  year.  Mr. 
T.  A.  Walby  has  untiringly  conducted  the  affairs  of  the 
Hadelandslag,  and  with  marked  success.  In  the  same  man- 
ner the  administration  of  Mr.  Amund  Ostmo  as  chief  exe- 
cutive of  the  Solunglag  since  the  second  year  of  its  exist- 
ence, has  been  in  the  opinion  of  the  writer  a  very  material 
element  in  the  steady  progress  of  the  organization.  Mr.  C. 
M.  Berg  has  served  the  lag  efficiently  as  secretary  all 
through  this  time.  He  has  lately  succeeded  Mr.  Ostmo 
on  the  retirement  of  the  latter  from  the  presidency. 

Somewhat  peculiar  was  the  inception  of  the  move- 
ment leading  to  the  formation  of  one  of  the  largest  bygde- 
lags,  Mjjzfsenlaget.  Mr.  O.  M.  Onsum  broached  the  idea  of 
uniting  those  from  the  bygds  that  bordered  on  or  lay  in 
the  valleys  opening  on  Norway's  largest  inland  water, 
the  lake  Mjjzfsen.  This  is  one  of  the  richest  and  most  pro- 
gressive sections  of  the  country.  It  was  Mr.  Onsum's  con- 
ception to  acquire  a  tract  of  land  bordering  some  lake  in 
the  Northwest,  and  that  a  summer  colony  of  Mjjzfsen  peo- 
ple might  there  be  enjoying  a  protracted  reunion  every 
year.  Announcing  his  scheme,  he  called  for  intending 
members  to  register  with  him,  stating  that  when  500  had 
registered,  a  meeting  of  organization  should  be  called.  A 
committee  met  on  his  call  August  24,  1910,  to  effect  a  pre- 
liminary organization.  There  were  then  166  wh?  had  reg- 
istered. Later,  when  a  bygdelag  was  organized,  Mr.  On- 
sum, as  he  wished  became  secretary.  Not  quite  the  de- 
sired 500  subscribers  to  start  a  summer  resort  on  an  Amer- 


THE  BYGDELAG   MOVEMENT  67 

ican  Mj0s,  were  secured,  but  Mr.  Onsum  lived  to  see  the 
child  of  his  inspiration  grow  into  one  of  the  very  foremost 
bygdelags.  He  died  in  September,  1913. 

It  was  at  Story  City,  Iowa,  that  some  people  from  Etne 
parish  had  a  picnic  in  1899.  At  the  same  place  after  a 
lapse  of  ten  years,  a  large  gathering  convened  and  organ- 
ized the  Stavanger  &  S0ndre  Bergenhus  Amters  Lag.  The 
meeting  of  this  lag  the  following  year  proved  too  large  to 
be  manageable  and  divided  into  two  "Amt-Lags"  which 
were  organized  simultaneously.  Thus  arose  the  Stavanger- 
lag  and  the  S^ndhordlandslag,  each  representing  large  pop- 
ulations in  the  home  country,  and  each  bringing  out  very 
large  reunions  annually.  There  is  one  noticeable  practice 
of  each  of  these  Amt-Lags;  they  organize  subsidiary 
"bygdelags,"  perhaps  more  properly  parish-lags,  and  part 
of  the  reunion  is  given  to  these  subdivisions  for  what  prob- 
ably prove  gatherings  of  a  more  intimate  or  neighborly 
character  than  the  monster  gatherings  of  the  parent  Amt- 
Lags. 

During  this  year,  1911,  a  process  of  forming  subsidiary 
lags  of  Telemarkings  took  place,  in  the  formation  of  State 
societies  such  as  a  Wisconsin  Telelag,  an  Iowa  Telelag,  and 
also  the  Bandak  Telelag  the  next  year,  in  Wisconsin.  The 
chief  man  in  the  latter  has  been  Mr.  O.  G.  Kinney,  who  is 
likewise  a  leading  member  of  the  parent  Telelag.  Another  lag 
of  Telemarkings  formed  in  1911  is  the  Tinnsj01ag,  which, 
however,  is  expressly  independent  of  the  larger,  general 
lag.  The  Sigdalslag,  dating  from  1911,  has  been  success- 
ful from  the  start,  and  has  been  presided  over  by  Hon.  G.  T. 
Braatelien  since  the  year  following  its  inception.  Hard- 
angerlaget,  dating  from  the  same  year  is  still  one  more 
lag  that  has  retained  the  same  man,  Mr.  S.  S.  Tveit,  in  the 
presidency  since  soon  after  its  beginning. 

Reference  to  the  preceding  Chronology  will  disclose 
that  of  the  lags  of  later  date,  several  are  of  local  or  subsi- 
diary character.  Of  the  lags  of  national  extent  of  organiza- 
tion, the  Romsdalslag  owes  much  of  its  prominence  to  the 


68  THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 

president  and  chief  organizer  Professor  Jacob  Tanner.  The 
president  of  the  Hurdalslag,  Rev.  Hagbarth  Engh,  has  long 
been  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  the  bygdelag  movement, 
even  before  his  own  bygde-people  formed  a  lag.  The 
Ringerikeslag  comes  last  in  the  list  as  youngest  of  the 
bygdelags,  but  it  has  been  led  by  two  men  who  have  rapid- 
ly brought  it  into  high  standing,  namely  its  energetic  presi- 
dent Vegger  Gulbrandson,  and  its  historiographer  O.  S. 
Johnson,  who  has  risen  into  the  enviable  place  of  the  most 
productive  sagaskriver  in  the  whole  movement. 

It  is  impossible  in  a  short  sketch  to  make  cursory  men- 
tion of  each  for  what  it  merits,  and  the  author  feels  that 
in  references  that  he  has,  in  passing,  made  to  some  of  the 
lags  and  a  few  of  their  men,  he  may  seem  to  have  slight- 
ed others.  He  hopes  that  no  one  will  misunderstand  him; 
for  he  knows  it  to  be  a  fact  that  some  of  the  organizations 
that  have  gone  their  own  even  way  and  whose  chiefs  have 
appeared  little  in  the  general  bygdelag  public  eye,  have 
had  some  of  the  most  enjoyable  reunions  of  all  and  have 
prosecuted  their  aims  with  most  signal  success. 

CLAIMS  OF  ORIGINATING  THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT. 

We  may  recall  that  the  Etnebus  held  a  picnic  in  1899  at 
Story  City,  as  told  by  Mr.  Hadley's  letter  quoted  in  the  be- 
ginning of  this  sketch.  Founded  on  this  fact  is  a  claim  put 
forward  by  some  one  for  the  S0ndhordlandings,  that  they 
were  the  originators  of  bygdestevner,  as  Etne  parish  is  part 
of  S0ndhordland.  A  correspondent  in  Skandinaven  August 
4,  1909  says:  "If  I  remember  rightly  the  S0ndhordlandings 
held  a  stevne  some  years  before  the  first  stevne  of  the  Val- 
drises.  Their  first  meeting  was  at  Story  City,  Iowa."  Of 
course,  as  the  letter  of  Mr.  Hadley  shows,  the  Skandinaven 
correspondent  does  not  "remember  rightly",  and  anyhow  it 
took  eleven  years  for  the  S^ndhordlandings  to  put  into  exe- 
cution the  movement  which  it  is  half-heartedly  claimed 
they  originated. 

The  agitation  of  the  Fargo  coterie,  the  claims  for  and 


THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT  69 

by  Dr.  Fjelde  and  the  Norwegian  Society,  that  the  forma- 
tion of  bygdelags  grew  out  of  it,  and  the  claim  of  the  editor, 
who  dreamed,  that  he  "set  the  movement  going"  have  been 
spoken  of  in  their  place  before.  So  has  been  mentioned  the 
claim  put  forth  by  Mr.  Henderson  for  the  Vossings  in  con- 
nection with  the  existence  of  a  men's  informal  club  in  the- 
church  of  Paul  Anderson  in  Chicago  sixty  years  ago. 

But  a  claimant  not  yet  here  mentioned  is  the  Rev.  E.  Jen- 
sen. The  first  and  second  Valdris  meetin-gs,  of  1899  and 
1900,  had  been  convened  at  the  instance  of  Thomas  Lajord 
and  others.  While  preparations  were  going  on  and  publi- 
city in  the  papers  was  in  progress  for  the  third  Valdris- 
stevne,  set  for  Sept.  8,  1901,  there  appeared  in  Amerika  for 
Aug.  7,  1901,  a  long  article  by  Rev.  E.  Jensen,  appealing  to 
Lajord  to  get  the  Valdrises  together  and  organize  them 
and  take  the  lead  in  a  renascence  of  Norwegianness  in 
this  country.  He  hoped  that  other  Norwegian  bygde- 
people  would  thereupon  follow  their  example  in  the  revival 
of  interest  in  things  Norwegian  that  he  wished  to  see  set 
going.  This  article  of  his  does  not  recognize  any  earlier 
Valdris  meeting,  nor  does  he  seem  to  take  cognizance  of 
the  fact  that  a  committee  was  making  preparations  and  had 
issued  a  call  for  the  stevne  of  1901. 

In  Minneapolis  Tidende  for  May  12,  1910,  Mr.  Jensen, 
in  appealing  to  his  fellow  0sterd01s  to  meet  and  form  a 
bygdelag,  makes  the  claim  that  by  this  letter  in  Amerika 
in  1901,  he  succeeded  in  getting  Thomas  Lajord  to  convene 
the  first  Valdrisstevne,  which  he  says  has  borne  fruit  in 
the  general  bygdelag  movement. 

Again  in  1912  Mr.  Jensen  advanced  the  claim  that  he 
had  caused  Lajord  to  call  together  the  first  Valdrisstevne. 
through  the  Amerika  letter  of  1901,  and  thus  was  entitled 
to  be  called  the  father  of  the  idea  of  the  bygdelag  move- 
ment. Moved  by  an  item  in  Minneapolis  Tidende  March 
3,  1912,  he  wrote  an  article  under  the  title,  "Who  is  the 
father  of  the  bygdelag  movement?"  and  desired  the  writer, 
then  editor  of  Samband,  to  publish  it  in  that  monthly.  In  it 


70  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

he  says  that  his  article  in  Amerika  will  show  and  prove 
that  in  this  matter  he  stood  behind  Lajord  in  causing  the 
latter  to  call  the  first  Valdrisstevne  and  says:  "I  never 
understood  that  he  would  otherwise  have  thought. of  doing 
it".  His  claim  is  thus  stated  in  his  own  words,  in  this 
article  (intended  for  Samband)  :  "It  is  true  that  the  one 
who  had  conceived  the  idea  and  had  developed  (ripened) 
it  so  that  Thomas  Lajord  was  thereby  moved  to  take  this 
step,  was  the  undersigned"  (E.  Jensen).  Owing  to  inac- 
curacies and  inconsistencies  in  the  article  it  was  thought 
best  rather  to  publish  in  full  Jensen's  1901  letter  in  Ameri- 
ka, and  it  occurs,  reprinted,  in  Samband  No.  49,  May,  1912, 
with  extracts  from  the  article  offered  by  Jensen  and  com- 
ments upon  it  and  that  matter  in  general. 

Mr.  Jensen's  Amerika  article  of  Aug.  7,  1901,  on  which 
he  bases  his  claim  to  having  been  the  first  to  suggest  the 
bygdelag  movement,  was  written  more  than  two  years  af- 
ter the  first  Valdrisstevne  had  been  held,  and  he  either  had 
no  knowledge  of  these  first  two  meetings  or  ignored  them 
in  the  letter  in  Amerika,  and  in  the  later  coming  forward 
with  his  claim  ignores  or  forgets  them,  and  claims  the 
stevne  of  Sept.  8,  1901  as  the  first  stevne  and  as  being  the 
result  of  his  letter  in  Amerika  of  Aug.  7,  a  month  before 
the  meeting.  And  having  as  he  maintains  put  Lajord  up 
to  assembling  the  Valdrises,  whose  example  was  followed 
by  the  people  from  other  bygde-districts,  he  claims  to  have 
been  the  originator  of  the  bygdelag  movement. 

CO-OPERATION  OF  THE  BYGDELAGS,  AND  THE  CENTENNIAL 
17TH  OF  MAY  CELEBRATION. 

During  the  years,  1908  and  1909,  the  writer  met  many 
bygdelag  men,  and  the  conversation  with  the  more  active 
and  prominent  of  them  would  turn  toward  discussions  of 
such  practical  questions  as  had  arisen  in  their  work  for 
their  individual  lags.  The  idea  of  a  conference  of  represen- 
tatives of  the  lags  for  interchange  of  experiences  and  for 
possible  co-operation  in  those  phases  of  activity  that  were 


THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT  71 

similar  or  were  common  to  all  the  lags,  came  to  be  broach- 
ed more  and  more  in  these  chance  meetings ;  and  he  was 
told  that,  being  the  president  of  the  oldest  of  the  bygdelags, 
it  was  expected  that  he  should  take  the  initiative  in  the 
matter  of  sounding  the  leaders  as  to  their  sentiment  regard- 
ing such  a  conference.  Accordingly  in  the  fall  of  1909  he 
addressed  inquiries  to  the  presidents  and  secretaries  of 
the  twelve  lags  so  far  organized,  to  ascertain  their  wishes 
in  the  matter.  All  answered,  and  all  declared  themselves 
in  favor  of  the  move.  After  continued  correspondence  as 
to  the  best  time  for  the  meeting,  he  invited  the  lag  presi- 
dents and  secretaries  and  others  who  might  like  to  partici- 
pate, to  be  the  guests  of  Valdris  Samband  Styre  at  a  gath- 
ering in  Minneapolis  on  November  17,  1909. 

On  that  day  representatives  of  seven  lags  assembled  in 
the  Rooms  of  the  South  Side  Commercial  Club,  Minne- 
apolis. The  officers  of  two  lags  had  written  that  they  were 
hindered  by  unavoidable  causes.  From  the  officers  of  an- 
other lag  came  later  explanations  of  their  unavoidable  ab- 
sence. The  president  of  one  lag  not  being  able  to  attend 
personally  had  asked  a  substitute  to  come,  but  the  word 
reached  the  latter  too  late  to  enable  him  to  come.  From 
the  officers  of  the  remaining  unrepresented  lag  no  word 
came,  though  they  had  both  cordially  accepted  the  invita- 
tion. 

The  meeting  organized  by  electing  the  writer  chair- 
man and  A.  A.  Trovaten,  president  of  Telelaget,  secretary. 
It  was  voted  to  endorse  and  encourage  the  idea  of  co-oper- 
ation of  the  bygdelags  A  committee  was  appointed  to 
draft  and  report  to  the  lags  a  uniform  blank  for  the  bio- 
graphical record  of  members  of  the  bygdelags.  Resolu- 
tions were  adopted,  recommending  to  the  bygdelags  that 
they  do  what  they  can  to  prepare  a  great  17th  of  May 
festival  of  the  Norwegian  people  in  America  in  1914;  that 
the  presidents  of  the  lags  constitute  the  general  committee 
of  arrangements  for  the  festival;  and  that  the  president  of 


72  THE  VALDRIS    BOOK 

the  Valdris  Samband  call  the  committee  of  arrangements 
to  meet  before  the  close  of  the  year  1910. 

In  accord  with  these  resolutions  the  second  meeting  of 
bygdelag  representatives  met  in  the  same  place  on  Nov. 
15,  1910.  Rev.  L.  P.  Thorkveen,  president  of  the  Gud- 
brandsdalslag,  was  elected  chairman.  The  committee  on 
uniform  biographic  blanks  for  the  lags  reported  a  draft, 
which  was  identical  with  that  in  use  by  the  Valdris  Sam- 
band.  This  was  adopted  and  recommended  to  the  lags 
for  their  use.  It  has  been  so  adopted  by  most  of  them, 
with  very  slight  changes  in  a  few  cases. 

A  resolution  was  adopted,  requesting  the  representa- 
tives to  lay  the  matter  of  a  "common  archive"  for  the  lags 
before  their  respective  organizations  and  to  do  what  they 
could  toward  the  realization  of  the  idea. 

It  was  also  voted  to  refer  the  question  of  a  common  pub- 
lication for  the  lags  to  the  individual  lag  meetings,  and  to 
request  the  lags  to  elect  a  member  from  each  to  form  a 
committee  on  the  publication  of  a  common  organ. 

A  preliminary  plan  for  the  conduct  of  the  1914  celebra- 
tion was  worked  out  to  be  submitted  to  the  lags  for  their 
action  at  their  1911  meetings. 

The  bygdelag  representatives  convened  again  on  "Nov. 
8,  1911.  The  plan  of  preparation  and  conduct  of  the  festi- 
val in  1914  was  revised  and  adopted.  Permanent  officers 
of  the  general  Committee  on  17th  of  May  Celebration, 
1914,  were  elected  to  serve  until  the  celebration  should  be 
over,  and  were  given  general  powers  as  an  Executive  Com- 
mittee. Those  so  elected  were  A.  A.  Veblen,  chairman ;  L. 
P.  Thorkveen,  vice-chairman;  A.  A.  Trovaten,  secretary; 
and  T.  A.  Walby,  treasurer. 

At  this  meeting  a  committee  was  elected  to  investigate 
and  report  on  a  place  of  safe-keeping  of  the  lag  archives. 

A  resolution  was  adopted,  "advising  the  lags  to  unite  on 
a  common  organ"  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  negoti- 
ate with  the  Samband  Publishing  Association  with  regard 
to  "said  paper  as  a  common  organ". 


THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT  73 

Meetings  of  the  General  Committee,  consisting  of  the 
presidents  as  well  as  other  representatives  of  the  lags  con- 
vened both  in  1912  and  1913,  received  reports  from  the 
Executive  Committee,  and  adopted  measures  for  the  prosecu- 
ctition  of  the  preparations  for  the  festival,  and  discussed  and 
passed  on  other  matters  of  common  interest. 

The  immediate  management  of  the  preparations  had 
been  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Executive  Committee.  Its 
members  resided  at  widely  separated  points,  and  could  not 
often  be  called  together  for  counsel  and  action.  As  far  as 
possible  the  chairman  came  to  handle  the  various  tasks 
devolving  on  this  committee.  He  conducted  a  voluminous 
correspondence  with  his  colleagues  of  the  General  Commit- 
tee and  with  many  others.  Beginning  with  the  summer  of 
1912,  he  made  it  a  point  to  attend  every  lag  meeting  that 
he  could  reach,  for  the  purpose  of  fvirthering  co-operation 
and  participation  in  the  celebration.  And  he  kept  up  this 
visiting  at  lag  meetings  also  during  the  year  1913.  Con- 
ferences between  the  chairman  and  secretary  were  held  as 
frequently  as  they  could  meet,  and  the  other  two  members 
of  the  executive  committee  were  conferred  with  whenever 
they  could  be  reached,  and  numeroug  meetings  and  confer- 
ences were  had  with  the  citizens  of  St.  Paul  and  Minneapo- 
lis, both  singly  or  individually  and  with  meetings  of  larger 
numbers  convened  on  different  occasions. 

The  matter  of  financing  the  celebration  proved  of  course 
a  most  difficult  problem  of  the  Committee.  First  of  all 
the  General  Committee  had  made  provision  that  the  lags 
might  be  assessed  to  the  aggregate  limit  of  $2000.00  as  a 
guaranty  fund,  to  be  repaid  pro  rata  out  of  the  proceeds  of 
the  celebration.  No  such  assessments  were  made,  but  by  the  aid 
of  citizens  a  similar  guaranty  of  $1500,  was  secured  from 
the  Civic  and  Commerce  Association  of  Minneapolis,  and 
a  sum  of  $1200  from  the  St.  Paul  Association.  The  Telelag 
at  a  meeting  in  January,  1914,  promised  a  sum  of  $1500 
on  similar  conditions.  And  the  Valdris  Samband  contribut- 
ed as  a  guaranty  the  sum  of  $728.  Fourteen  other  lags  pro- 


THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT  75 

duced  sums  varying  from  $25  to  $150,  the  total  thus  added 
to  the  Telelag  and  Valdris  Samband  contributions  being 
$1195.  The  total  Guarantee  Fund,  raised  from  these  sources 
amounted  to  $6123.00.  Contributions  were  made  direct  to 
the  Committee  from  firms  and  individuals  in  the  twin  cities 
to  the  exent  of  $1475.00.  With  these  resources  the  Com- 
mittee met  the  outlays  involved  in  the  extensive  prepara- 
tions for  the  monster  festival.  A  committee  of  Minneapo- 
lis men  also  collected  contributions  aggregating  $2300.00 
more,  which  they  held  in  readiness  in  case  the  funds  in  the 
hands  of  the  Committee  should  not  prove  adequate  to  meet 
all  bills  and  claims. 

At  and  soon  after  the  beginning  of  1914,  the  Executive 
Committee  was  expanded  to  twelve  members  by  the  selec- 
tion of  some  members  by  the  committee  itself  and  some 
on  the  nomination  of  representatives  of  local  organizations 
in  the  twin  cities.  The  accessions  to  the  committee  thus 
made  were  Messrs.  John  Bachke,  A.  C.  Floan,  Lars  O. 
Haug,  Consul  E.  H.  Kobe,  Dr.  Knut  Hoegh,  Rev.  J.  W. 
Preus,  Editor  N.  N.  Ronning,  and  Miss  Sophia  Stearns.* 

On  January  27,  1914  the  committee  opened  headquar- 
ters in  No.  216  and  218,  McKnight  Building,  Minneapolis. 
The  chairman  and  secretary  from  this  time  on  were  busily 
engaged  in  the  work  of  directing  the  preparations,  giving  all 
their  time  to  it,  and  were  in  this  aided  by  stenographers  and 
other  help,  besides  more  or  less  work  on  the  part  of  other 
members  of  the  committee. 

For  the  affair  the  use  of  the  grounds  and  buildings  o" 
the  Minnesota  State  Fair  Board  had  been  secured,  and  a 
program  of  three  days  of  celebration  had  been  agreed  up- 
on. Much  effort  was  spent  on  collecting  and  arranging  a 
loan  exhibition  of  photographs  and  other  pictures  of  per- 
sons and  places  as  well  as  objects  illustrative  and  remi- 
niscent of  various  phases  of  the  activity  of*  Norwegians  in 


'  The  17th  of  May  Celebration  Committee,  on  opposite  page: 
From  left  to  right,  Veblen,  Thorkveen,  Trovaten;  Walby,  Miss 
Stearns,  Dr.  Hoegh;  Kobe,  Floan,  Preus;  Haug,  Bachke,  Ronning. 


76  THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 

/ 

America.  This  was  housed  in  the  Women's  building  on  the 
Fair  Ground,  and  had  been  put  under  the  special  care  of 
Miss  Stearns  of  the  committee.  It  proved  a  very  -notable 
feature  of  the  celebration.  Very  large  and  imposing  par- 
ades prepared  by  each  of  the  two  cities  entered  the  grounds 
in  the  afternoon  of  the  opening  day,  Saturday,  May 
16th.  This  day  was  set  apart  as  "Bygdelag  Day". 

The  various  lags  met  in  the  forenoon  of  the  day,  each 
in  its  own  meeting  place  prepared  for  it.  To  take  care  of 
all  these  meetings  simultaneously  was  an  affair  of  magni- 
tude in  itself.  As  far  as  separate  rooms  could  be  provided 
in  the  Fair  buildings  some  of  them  were  accommodated  in 
that  way.  But  at  least  half  of  the  number  were  housed  in 
such  large  structures  as  Machinery  Hall  and  the  Agricul- 
ture Building,  by  subdividing  the  large  spaces  by  the  erec- 
tion of  temporary  canvas  partitions ;  and  a  force  of  work- 
men had  been  busy  for  days  in  erecting  seats  for  the  large 
attendance  in  these  rooms  out  of  lumber  procured  for  that 
use.  The  plan  worked  with  fair  satisfaction  of  the  partici- 
pants. Such  subsidiary  lags  as  the  two  or  three  local  or- 
ganizations and  the  state  Telelags,  held  no  separate  ses- 
sions. Still  there  were  thirty  bygdestevner  in  session  at 
the  same  time.  One  lag,  not  being  satisfied  with  the  space 
available  on  the  fair  ground  met  down  town.  One  made 
no  provision  for  a  meeting.  And  the  Sigdalslag  enjoys 
the  distinction  of  having  voted  not  to  participate  in  the  cele- 
bration with  the  other  lags.  In  the  evening  there  was  a  dis- 
play of  fireworks,  and  tableaux  of  the  Eidsvold  convention 
and  of  Dalegudbrand  and  the  destruction  of  the  idol. 

Sunday  afternoon  there  was  a  program  under  the  au- 
spices of  a  committee  named  by  twin  city  organizations, 
in  the  Hippodrome,  or  Stock  Pavilion,  with  an  assemblage 
of  full  twelve,  thousand  people.  The  exercises  included 
orations,  music  and  singing.  A  special  feature  tmder  direc- 
tion of  Miss  Maren  Michelet  was  the  representation  of  the 
Norwegian  and  the  American  flags  by  550  school  children, 
while  they  sang  the  national  hymns  of  the  two  countries. 


THE  BYGDELA.G  MOVEMENT  77 

In  the  evening  there  was  a  concert  in  the  same  place  by 
1800  voices  led  by  Professor  F.  M.  Christiansen,  and  by 
soloists,  band,  orchestra,  etc.,  constituting  a  varied  and  ex- 
tensive program. 

Monday  the  18th  the  final  exercises  of  the  festival  were 
held  at  the  Grand  Stand,  in  which  participated  the  Minister 
from  Norway,  H.  H.  Bryn,  several  Norwegian  consuls,  and 
speakers  representing  different  lines  of  activity  of  the  Nor- 
wegion  settlers  in  America. 

Space  is  not  available  for  more  detailed  description  of 
the  various  exercises  and  features  of  the  celebration.  It 
was  the  most  notable  affair  ever  conducted  by  citizens  of 
Norwegian  nativity  and  descent,  and  was  a  fitting  tribute 
to  the  centenary  of  free,  representative,  and  progressive 
government  in  the  land  of  the  ancestors  of  this  important 
and  progressive  element  of  the  American  Republic. 

The  weather  was  fine  at  the  time,  and  the  attendance 
was  as  large  as  could  have  been  expected.  The  aggregate 
of  paid  admissions,  at  a  charge  of  25  cents  each  day,  for 
three  days,  was  very  nearly  50,000.  It  was  largest  on  Sun- 
day, the  17th,  being  29,800  that  day.  In  addition  there  was 
a  considerable  number  of  free  admissions  each  day,  for  all 
employees  of  the  committee  and  of  the  State  Fair  Board, 
besides  the  singers  and  the  members  of  their  families — per- 
haps an  aggregate  of  five  to  six  thousand  for  the  three  days. 

The  total  expenses  of  the  festival,  paid  by  the  commit- 
tee, were  $16,110.17.  The  entire  guarantee  fund  was  re- 
paid in  full  to  the  contributors ;  and  of  the  donations  receiv- 
ed from  citizens  $542,  was  returned  to  the  donors,  the  re- 
ceipts nearly  but  not  quite  covering  the  expenses.  The 
books  and  accounts  of  the  committee  were  audited  by  the 
experts  of  the  Commerce  Associations  and  a  detailed  re- 
port of  the  financial  transactions  of  the  festival  was  made  in 
identical  copies  to  all  the  bygdelags. 

The  entire  affair  was  carried  through  without  any  acci- 
dents or  mishaps  and  without  giving  any  one  just  cause 
for  complaint,  unless  it  should  be  remarked  that  the  old 


78  THE    VALDRIS   BOOK 

people's  home  association  that  undertook  to  furnish  meals 
for  the  visitors  failed  to  do  so  satisfactorily,  and  not  a  few 
experienced  some  hardship  in  the  matter  of  obtaining  meals 
on  the  grounds. 

The  committee  issued  a  souvenir  volume,  "Syttende  Mai 
Festskrift",  edited  and  compiled  by  Editor  N.  N.  Ron- 
ning.  It  contains  160  pages,  with  many  illustrations,  in- 
cluding half-tone  cuts  of  the  officers  of  all  the  bygdelags  at 
the  time  of  the  celebration,  in  connection  with  historical 
sketches  of  the  individual  lags.  It  gives  much  historical 
matter  from  the  first  century  of  the  existence  of  the  Eids- 
vold  constitution,  as  well  as  from  the  earlier  history  of  Nor- 
way, and  much  other  matter  pertinent  to  the  event  and  the 
occasion. 

There  were  a  couple  of  episodes  connected  with  the  con- 
duct of  this  celebration  which  might  be  left  unmentioned 
except  for  the  fact  that  they  belong  in  such  a  chapter  of 
bygdelag  history  as  even  this  outline  account.  They  are 
the  unfortunate  dissatisfaction  of  certain  members  of  the 
Sons  of  Norway,  and  the  fight  made  on  the  Committee's 
plans  regarding  an  archives  building. 

Toward  the  close  of  1912  a  high  official  of  the 
order  mentioned  made  an  attack  upon  the  Committee,  in 
the  official  organ  of  the  fraternity,  for  what  he  was  pleased 
to  characterize  as  a  slight  upon  the  order,  in  not  inviting 
it  to  share  with  the  lags  in  the  management  of  the  affair  by 
offering  it  representation  on  the  committee  of  arrange- 
ments. The  opposition  worked  up  among  the  resident  or 
local  organizations  of  Norwegians,  proved  formidable 
enough  nearly  to  wreck  the  whole  project.  It  is  fair  to 
say  that  this  opposition  to  the  Bygdelag  management  of 
the  celebration  was  not  general  among  the  lodges  or  mem- 
bers of  that  order,  but  was  confined  to  those  in  Minneapolis, 
and  owing  to  local  sympathy,  speciously  invoked,  it  was 
extended  to  other  fraternal  and  social  groups  or  organiza- 
tions in  that  city.  In  order  to  head  off  their  plan,  to  hold 
a  "local"  celebration  of  their  own,  by  the  societies  of  Min- 


THE  BYGDELAG  MOVEMENT  79 

neapolis,  an  arrangement  was  effected  by  which  a  commit- 
tee of  the  latter  nominated  certain  of  their  contingent  to  be 
members  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  lags,  as  al- 
ready mentioned  in  speaking  of  the  expansion  of  the  com- 
mittee from  four  to  twelve  members.  And  the  exercises  of 
the  Sunday  afternoon  were  conducted  by  a  subcommittee, 
which  had  been  originally  selected  by  the  general  commit- 
tee of  Minneapolis  societies. 

The  trouble  grew  out  of  the  resentment  which  some  of 
the  fraternity  felt  over  the  disapproval  of  secret  societies 
on  the  part  of  the  rural  Norwegian  church  contingent,  from 
whom  is  drawn  the  majority  of  the  bygdelag  membership. 

The  matter  of  a  place  of  safe-keeping  for  the  archives  of 
the  bygdelags  had  formed  a  topic  of  deliberation  and  action 
on  the  part  of  the  meetings  of  the  representatives  from  the 
start  in  1909.  Finally  a  committee  appointed  by  the  1912 
meeting,  with  Professor  D.  G.  Ristad  chairman,  had  thor- 
oughly considered  the  matter,  had  conferred  with  the  prop- 
er authorities,  and  reported  to  the  1913  meeting  a  plan  for 
co-operating  with  the  Minnesota  University,  toward  the 
end  that  a  building  might  be  erected  on  the  campus  of  the 
university,  in  which  the  lags  could  have  a  chance  to  store, 
and  have  the  state  care  for,  their  documents  and  collected 
material  and  there  have  them  available  for  the  use  of  any 
that  wished  to  have  access  to  them.  The  building,  it  was 
hoped,  would  serve  as  a  center  for  gatherings  and  work  of 
such  a  nature  as  might  be  in  harmony  with  the  aims  of  the 
bygdelags.  The  report  had  been  published  early  in  the 
spring,  before  the  lag  meetings  of  the  summer  began,  and 
there  had  been  every  opportunity  for  discussion  and  criti- 
cism of  the  plan.  At  the  bygdelag  meeting,  on  October 
8th,  1913,  the  report  was  very  fully  discussed  by  the  repre- 
sentatives, and  was  approved  by  a  vote  of  the  whole  mem- 
bership, except  one  vote  cast  against  it.  The  vote  of  ap- 
proval included  the  provision,  that  the  net  receipts  of  the 
17th  of  May  festival  be  applied  toward  the  erection  of  the. 
archives  building. 


80  THE  VALDRIS    BOOK 

It  was  the  reasonable  hope  of  the  Committee  that,  with 
the  plan  of  putting  any  surplus  that  might  accrue  from  the 
festival  into  a  building  in  the  twin  cities,  much  and  liberal 
aid  might  be  given  the  management  on  the  part  of  the 
citizens,  generally,  and  that  contributions  toward  the  ex- 
penses of  the  Committee,  which  would  thus  virtually  go 
toward  the  building  project,  might  be  both  more  numer- 
ous and  more  generous  than  if  going  simply  toward  the  ef- 
forts of  assuring  the  success  of  the  celebration.  And  with 
such  a  definite  plan  for  the  care  of  their  archives,  a  cordial 
interest  on  the  part  of  the  bygdelag  membership  was  of 
course  anticipated. 

On  this  presumption  the  Committee  took  up  the  none 
too  easy  task  of  seeking  financial  support  for  their  under- 
taking. But  lafe  in  January,  1914,  the  building  plan  en- 
countered opposition  which  may  fairly  be  characterized  as 
ugly.  A  professor  in  a  "Norwegian"  college  led  off  with 
an  article,  the  animus  of  which  is  indicated  by  its  contain- 
ing this  question  "Why  should  the  Norwegian  bygdelags 
engage  in  the  erection  of  a  Scandinavian  building  at  an 
American  State  University?"  and  his  own  answer:  "No, 
gentlemen,  we  are  not  going  there !  If  such  a  building  is  to 
be  built, "and  I  fully  agree  that  this  should  be  done,  then 
we  must  be  able  to  find  a  more  suitable  place,  a  site  where 
both  the  surroundings  and  the  atmosphere  afford  a  quite 
other  perspective  than  at  the  University  up  in  Minneapo- 
lis." He  ends  by  suggesting  that  Luther  College  at  De- 
corah  would  be  the  fitting  site  for  such  a  building.  Sev- 
eral other  articles  appeared  condemning  the  plan  of  the 
lags.  And  in  April  there  came  to  the  Committee  a  petition 
signed  by  the  members  of  the  faculties  of  the  seven  acade- 
mic and  collegiate  institutions  of  the  United  Lutheran 
Church,  and  appealing  to  the  Committee  in  favor  of  erect- 
ing the  proposed  building  at  Luther  College.  The  authors 
of  the  document  also  gave  it  publicity  in  all  the  leading 
Norwegian  papers. 

The  development  at  such  a  late  day  of  this  formidable 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  81 

opposition  to  the  plan  of  the  bygdelags,  left  no  other  course 
open  to  the  committee  than  to  abandon  the  use  of  the 
building  project  as  any  reason  why  local  financial  support 
should  be  especially  liberal.  And  it  was  the  opinion  of  the 
gentlemen  who  had  aided  the  committee  in  securing  for  it 
contributions  and  guarantees,  that  the  surplus  in  its  hands 
at  the  close  should  be  paid  back,  which  was  done,  as  has 
been  related. 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  BYGDELAGS. 

The  general  committee  of  representatives  of  the  bygde- 
lags was  called  to  meet  on  June  19,  1914,  to  receive  a  report 
on  the  conduct  and  finances  of  the  celebration.  Owing  to 
a  delay  in  getting  the  call  issued  the  meeting  was  not  a 
large  one.  Desiring  to  see  the  lags  continuing  co-operative 
efforts  the  representatives  in  attendance  elected  a  commit- 
tee of  five  to  formulate  a  plan,  possibly  of  a  representative 
association  to  be  incorporated,  and  to  report  to  a  meeting  to 
be  called  in  the  autumn  by  this  committee.  Professor  Ris- 
tad  was  named  chairman  and  Mr.  Thorkveen  was  elected 
secretary.  The  other  members  were  Dr.  C.  L.  Opsal,  A.  A. 
Trovaten  and  A.  A.  Veblen. 

Wholly  without  the  knowledge  of  the  other  three  mem- 
bers of  the  committee,  the  chairman  and  Mr.  Trovaten  is- 
sued a  call  to  bygdelag  representatives  to  meet  in  Minne- 
apolis Sept.  11,  1914.  Members  of  ten  bygdelags  came  to 
the  meeting.  It  elected  the  writer  chairman  and  Mr.  Thor- 
kveen secretary.  After  considerable  discussion  on  the  ad- 
visability of  organizing  an  association,  a  vote  was  passed, 
requesting  the  committee  of  five  to  do  the  work  for  which 
they  had  been  appointed  (June  19)  and  make  report  to  the 
secretaries  of  the  bygdelags  for  consideration  at  their  next 
annual  meetings. 

November  27,  following,  the  committee  of  five  met  and 
formulated  a  report,  proposing  that  the  lags  elect  two  rep- 
resentatives each  including  their  presidents,  to  form  a  rep- 
resentative organization  to  be  known  as  Bygdelagenes  Fael- 


82  THE    VALDRIS   BOOK 

lesraad— The  Council  of  Bygdelags.  Pursuant  to  this  rec- 
ommendation, the  representatives  of  seventeen  lags  meet- 
ing on  Jan.  25,  1916,  approved  the  plan  for  a  council  of  the 
lags,  and  elected  a  committee  of  nine  to  work  out  a  scheme 
of  organization  and  submit  a  draft  of  a  constitution  in  time 
for  the  next  annual  meetings  of  the  lags,  during  1916,  and 
to  set  a  time  for  the  next  meeting  of  representatives. 

The  committee,  consisting  of  Prof.  Ristad,  chairman,  Mr. 
Thorkveen,  secretary,  J.  C.  Gran,  C.  D.  Morck,  Dr.  Opsal, 
Editor  N.  N.  Ronning,  and  Mr.  Veblen,  met  on  the  18th  of 
April,  1916,  two  members,  N.  T.  Moen  and  S.  Berg,  were 
absent.  A  constitution  for  the  Council  of  Bygdelags  was 
drawn  up,  and  copies  were  at  once  transmitted  to  all  bygde- 
lag  secretaries ;  and  November  17,  1916,  the  seventh  an- 
niversary of  the  first  meeting  of  bygdelag  representatives, 
was  announced  as  the  date  of  the  meeting  of  the  Council. 
On  that  date  the  delegates  of  fourteen  of  the  bygdelags 
convened  in  Minneapolis,  approved  the  proposed  Constitu- 
tion with  but  slight  alterations,  and  consummated  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Council  with  its  Executive  Board  by  the 
election  of  the  following  officers:  President,  A.  A.  Veblen; 
Vice-President,  D.  G.  Ristad;  Secretary,  L.  P.  Thorkveen; 
Treasurer,  C.  L.  Opsal ;  and  Archivist,  C.  D.  Morck. 

Many  of  the  objects  that  had  been  sent  in  to  the  ex- 
hibition of  the  17th  of  May  celebration  had  been  donated 
to  the  lags  in  common  ownership.  'This  collection,  togeth- 
er with  other  effects  left  in  the  hands  of  the  committee, 
were  now  turned  over  to  the  Executive  Board  and  given  in 
the  custody  of  the  Archivist.  An  offer  of  the  Minnesota 
Historical  Society  to  afford  the  bygdelags  depository  for 
their  historical  and  documentary  effects  in  their  new  and 
fireproof  building,  was  accepted,  and  the  belongings  of 
the  Council  that  fall  under  the  care  of  the  archivist  are 
there  deposited. 

The  annual  meeting  of  1917  discussed  and  acted  upon 
several  matters  of  organization,  such  as  by-laws,  and  of 
policy  and  activity.  But  it  was  decided  to  suspend  the 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  83 

annual  meeting  in  1918  on  account  of  conditions  incident  to 
the  war.  In  1919,  however,  the  Council  met  in  Minneapo- 
lis on  December  25th.  The  writer  having  removed  his  resi- 
dence to  such  a  distance  away  that  he  could  not  readily 
take  a  personal  share  in  the  work  of  the  Executive  Board 
he  was  succeeded  in  the  office  of  president  by  Professor 
Jacob  Tanner;  but  the  meeting  elected  him  first  vice-presi- 
dent presumably  to  give  him  an  official  standing  in  the 
Executive  Board. 

The  Council  is  of  course  an  outgrowth  of  the  spirit  of 
fellowship  and  of  an  undoubted  mutual  trust  that  the  lags 
feel.  Its  character  of  a  strictly  advisory  body,  having  only 
such  powers  as  may  be  delegated  to  it  by  the  lags,  is  an 
expression  of  the  experience  gained  during  the  years  since 
the  beginning  of  the  conferences  and  co-operative  effort  be- 
tween the  bygdelags. 

CONSTITUTION  OF  BYGDELAGENES  F/ELLESRAAD. 

1.  NAME — This  organization  shall  be  known  as:     THE 
COUNCIL  OF  BYGDELAGS. 

2.  OBJECT — The  object  of  the  Council  of  Bygdelags  shall 
be  to  promote  good-will  and  co-operation  among  the  Bygde- 
lags, and  to  serve  the  Bygdelags  in  carrying  out  such  measures 
as  they  may  undertake  in  common. 

3.  COMPOSITION — The  Council  is  composed  of  two  repre- 
sentatives of  each  of  the  Bygdelags  which  join  this  organiza- 
tion.   The  president  of  such  Bygdelag  is  ex  officio  a  member 
of  the  Council.     The  other  representative  of  the  Lag  is  de- 
signated by  special  election. 

4.  ASSOCIATE   MEMBERS — Any  member  of  an  organized 
Bygdelag  may  participate  in  the  meetings  of  the  Council,  as 
an  Associate  Member  but  without  a  vote. 

5.  OFFICERS — The  Council  shall  elect  a  president,  a  vice- 
president,  a  secretary,  a  treasurer,  and  an  archivist.    These  of- 
ficers shall  constitute  the  Executive  Board   of  the  Council. 


84  THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 

They  are  to  be  elected  by  the  annual  meeting  for  a  term  of  one 
year,  and  shall  serve  until  their  successors  are  elected. 

6.  MEETINGS — The  annual  meeting  of  the  Council  shall 
be  held  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Execu- 
tive Board. 

Special  meetings  may  be  converted  whenever  deemed  ad- 
visable by  the  Executive  Board,  or  may  be  called  by  the  Pre- 
sident upon  the  demand  of  ten  or  more  members  of  the 
Council. 

7.  POWERS — The    Council   shall   have    merely    advisory 
authority  as  regards  the  individual  Bygdelags.    It  may  submit 
recommendations  to  them  and  may  propose  measures  for  their 
consideration. 

8.  BY-LAWS — The  Council    shall   have   power    to   adopt 
needed  By-laws  and  Regulations  and  to  amend  and  construe 
them.     Provided,  that  no  such  action  shall  be  contrary  to  the 
provisions  of  this  Constitution. 

9.  QUORUM — One-third  of  the  members  of  the  Council 
shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  quorum  at  any  meeting. 

10.  AMENDMENTS — This  Constitution  may  be  amended  by 
resolution  adopted  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  at- 
tending and  approved  by  a  majority  of  the  Bygdelags  repre- 
sented upon  the  Council. 

BYGDELAG  PUBLICATIONS. 

The  starting  of  the  Valdris  Helsing  in  1903  has  been 
mentioned.  The  example  of  the  Valdrises  was  emulated 
by  the  Mailings  in  the  appearance  in  July,  1908,  of  the 
first  number  of  the  quarterly  Halling-Minne.  In  size  and 
contents  it  was  a  good  deal  of  an  imitation  of  its  proto- 
type the  Helsing.  Ole  Lovdokken  was  its  editor,  and  he 
wrote  a  large  part  of  the  contents.  It  seemed  to  become 
as,  much  the  organ  of  its  editor  as  of  the  Hallinglag. 
After  twelve  numbers  had  been  issued  it  was  succeeded 
by  Hallingen,  the  change  in  name  being  perhaps  due  to 


.  THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  85 

the  change  of  editors,  but  the  organ  continued  to  be 
published  as  a  quarterly,  and  has  been  considerably 
enlarged  in  later  years.  In  these  two  series  of  its 
organ  the  Mailings  have  collected  and  preserved  a  great 
and  valuable  mass  of  information  especially  of  Hailing 
pioneers  of  America.  Telelage  also  began,  in  1909,  to  issue 
Telesoga,  edited  by  Torkel  Oftelie,  a  quarterly  about  the 
size  of  the  Helsing  and  the  Minne.  But  it  has  been  from 
the  start  almost  the  sole  product  of  the  editor,  who 
diligently  gathers  his  material  and  writes  it  up  in  his  own 
Tele-dialect.  The  contents  of  the  forty  numbers  hitherto 
issued  is  emphatically  a  "soga"  of  Telemarkings  and  as  a 
contribution  to  pioneer  history  it  is  not  only  unique  but  of 
very  great  value.  One  can  not  resist  the  impulse  to  men- 
tion a  peculiar  distinction  enjoyed  by  Telesoga:  Except 
for  the  date  and  serial  number  on  the  cover,  there  is  no 
mark  of  any  sort  to  indicate  either  the  date  or  order  in 
the  series  of  any  one  of  the  issues,  so  that  if  the  covers  are 
removed,  as  in  binding  the  publication,  all  means  of  iden- 
tification or  distinguishing  the  issues  are  lost. 

Other  lags  have  as  a  rule  not  published  periodicals,  ex- 
cept that  Nordlandslaget  has  since  1912  issued  Nord- 
Norge,  which  at  first  came  out  only  occasionally  and  not 
till  later  years  became  actually  a  periodical ;  but  it  has  been 
one  of  very  considerable  merit,  being  such  from  the  cir- 
cumstance that  its  editor,  Julius  Baumann,  is  one  of  the 
literary  lights  of  the  Norwegian  contingent  of  the  coun- 
try. Excepted  should  be  also  Kristianialaget,  which  has 
maintained  a  publication,  Vikvaeingen,  and  the  Sol^rlag 
(which  is  the  new  designation  of  the  Solunglag)  is  publish- 
ing Sol0ringen  of  recent  inception  under  editorship  of 
Marius  Hagen. 

But  many  of  the  lags  publish  a  yearbook,  as  a  souvenir 
and  record  of  the  activity  of  the  lags  year  by  year.  In  these 
books  is  stored  a  quantity  of  historical  and  biographical  in- 
formation, but  they  are  rather,  more  peculiarly  reminiscent 
of  the  old  home-bygds  of  the  membership  than  specific  rec- 


86  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

ords  of  American  pioneer  or  settlement  activity  and  condi- 
tions. As  a  rule  these  books  are  fine  exhibitions  of  artistic 
and  delicate  souvenir  pamphlet  making  and  are  according- 
ly treasured  as  mementoes  and  keepsakes. 

The  Valdris  Helsing  continued  regular  issues  for  seven 
years,  and  was  in  1910  enlarged  into  a  monthly  by  name 
Samband,  with  the  purpose  of  offering  the  use  of  its  space 
to  all  the  lags  as  a  common  organ  of  the  bygdelag  move- 
ment. The  plan  met  with  cordial  approval  on  the  part  of 
the  annual  meetings  of  the  bygdelag  representatives.  They 
appointed  a  committee  that  worked  out  a  scheme  for  financ- 
ing and  taking  over  the  publication  by  the  lags  associat- 
ing for  the  purpose.  To  this  arrangement  a  number  of  the 
lags  agreed  but  not  many  enough  in  the  opinion  of  the  com- 
mittee to  put  it  into  execution  at  once.  At  that  time  most 
of  the  lags  took  up  the  movement  of  raising  memorial  gifts 
for  their  home  bygds,  and  this  tended  to  divert  attention 
from  the  publishing  of  an  organ.  Also,  the  energy  of  the 
manager  and  editor  became  absorbed  by  his  increasing 
work  as  chairman  of  the  celebration  committee.  The  pro- 
ject of  associating  the  lags  in  taking  over  the  publication 
had  to  await  the  more  propitious  time  which  it  was  reason- 
able to  suppose  would  follow  the  centenary  activities.  But 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  with  its  consequent  difficult 
times  for  journalistic  undertakings,  led  to  the  necessity 
of  suspending  the  publication  of  the  magazine  without 
awaiting  the  time  which,  possibly,  may  yet  come  for  trying 
again  under  other  auspices. 

The  experience  of  Samband  is  not  encouraging  as  re- 
gards the  attainment  of  a  common  bygdelag  organ.  For 
instance,  a  large  number  of  the  lags  in  1915  by  vote  accept- 
ed an  offer  of  space  to  be  set  apart  for  them  in  Samband, 
and  named  men  to  edit  their  allotments  of  space ;  but  noth- 
ing came  of  it  for  the  reason  that  not  a  single  one  of  these 
lag  editors  ever  contributed  any  matter  under  the  plan. 
Samband  of  course  continued  as  the  organ  of  the  Valdrises 


THE    BYGDELAG    MOVEMENT  87 

and  they  furnished  by  far  the  greater  part  of  its  support. 
But  by  1914  it  had  gained  very  material  patronage  among 
all  bygde-people.  The  Numedjzfls  came  next  the  Valdrises 
in  numbers  of  subscribers,  owing  naturally  to  the  excellent 
matter  furnished  by  their  historian  G.  Gregerson  and  Presi- 
dent H.  H.  Strom.  The  Ringerikeslag  on  organizing  adopt- 
ed Samband  as  the  lag  organ.  The  matter  contributed  by 
the  historiographer  O.  S.  Johnson,  from  that  time  until  the 
publication  ceased,  was  a  real  feature  and  was  very  consid- 
erable and  important. 

All  things  considered,  Samband  rendered  valuable  serv- 
ice to  the  cause  of  collecting  and  preserving  Norwegian 
pioneer  history.  The  assertion  is  confidently  made  that  its 
seven  volumes  store  more  authentic  and  valuable,  first- 
hand material  in  that  line  than  any  other  yet  published 
work  or  periodical. 


THE  BYGDELAGS  AND  THE  WAR. — During  the  years  1915 
and  1916  the  bygdelags  held  their  meetings  as  usual ;  but  the  at- 
tendance was  in  many  cases  not  so  good  as  in  former  years. 
A  number  of  the  subsidiary  lags  and  at  least  two  of  the  fully 
independent  organizations  seem  to  have  been  inactive  after 
1914,  but  how  far  this  may  have  been  due  to  the  war  as  a 
contributary  cause  it  is  impossible  to  say.  In  1917,  after  the 
United  States  became  a  participant  in  the  struggle,  the  ex- 
ecutive boards  of  several  lags  called  off  the  meetings  for  that 
year,  because  it  seemed  proper  to  suspend  such  activities  while 
the  country  was  at  war.  Other  lags  went  on  with  their  meet- 
ings, but  many  members  refrained  from  attending;  and  it  can 
hardly  be  said  that  the  bygdelag  work  was  characterized  by 
any  degree  of  enthusiasm. 

During  1918  twenty-three  of  the  active  lags  either  passed 
their  annual  meetings  or  announced  postponements  because  of 
the  war.  Nine  lags,  including  one  of  the  subsidiary  or  sec- 


88  THE  VALDRIS    BOOK 

tional  societies,  held  their  meetings,  but  gave  their  programs 
a  decidedly  patriotic  character.  Several  dedicated  service 
flags  representing  their  young  men  and  women  who  had  re- 
sponded to  the  call  of  their  country.  By  a  referendum  vote 
taken  of  the  lags  by  the  executive  board  of  the  Council  of 
Bygdelags,  it  was  decided  to  omit  the  annual  meeting  of  that 
body  in  1918. 

In  1919  the  lags  quite  generally  held  their  regular  reunions, 
though  there  were  a  few  that  still,  out  of  patriotic  motives, 
suspended  their  meetings.  And  the  reunions  held  were  tinged 
with  a  seriousness  quite  in  keeping  with  the  trying  experiences 
of  war  conditions  that  had  prevailed  and  had  touched  many  a 
family  with  anxiety  and  bereavement;  for  it  was  found  that 
sickness  and  casulties  had  taken  no  small  toll  of  the  younger 
generation  of  the  membership. 

As  a  mark  of  respect  for  their  loyal  young  people  who 
entered  the  war  service,  many  of  the  bygdelags  have  been 
making  efforts  to  compile  lists  of  these  service  people  within 
their  membership.  This  collecting  of  names  and  records  of 
service  and  experiences  is  still  going  on,  and  the  results  are 
bound  to  become  valuable  parts  of  the  archives  of  the  lags 
prosecuting  the  movement. 


PRESIDENTS  AND  SECRETARIES  OF  THE  BYGDELAGS. 
CORRECTED  AFTER  THE  ELECTION  OF  THE  YEAR  1919. 

Gudbrandsdalslag— Rev.  L.  P.  Thorkveen,  St.  James, 
Minn.,  President.  Samuel  Jackson,  St.  James,  Minn.,  Secre- 
tary. 

Hadelandslag— T.  A.  Walby,  Hudson,  Wis.  Erling  E.  Ja- 
cobson,  Hudson,  Wis. 

Hallinglag— K.  Lokensgaard,  Madison,  Minn.  T.  L. 
Quarve,  Fessenden,  N.  Dak. 

Hardangerlag— S.  S.  Tveit,  Albert  Lea,  Minn.  T.  T.  Sexe, 
Canton,  S.  Dak. 


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Hurdalslag — Rev.  H.  Engh,  Ostrander,  Minn.    H.  P.  Lar- 
sen,  Viroqua,  Wis. 

Kristianialag — John  H.  Bovim,  Lumber  Exchange,  Minne- 
apolis, President. 

Landinglag — H.   A.   M.    Steen,  Northfield,  Wis.     C.   M. 
Pederson,  Starbuck,  Minn. 

Mjjzteenlag — Rev.  O.  A.  Kvisgaard,  Bay  City,  Wis.    Otto 
Hjermstad,  Red  Wing,  Minn. 

Nordfjordlag — Elias  Rachie,  938  Security  Bldg.,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.    Dr.  Carl  Kolset,  Benson,  Minn. 

Nordhordlandlag — Rev.  L.  Fylling    Hammer,    Woodville, 
Wis.     Rev.  O.  R.  Sletten,  Lake  Mills,  Iowa. 

Nordlandlag — Prof.    O.    E.    Rolvaag,    Northfield,    Minn. 
John  Gregor,  Ft.  Ransom,  N.  Dak. 

Numedalslag — R.    G.    Reierson,    Belview,    Minn.     O.    O. 
Enestvedt,  Sacred  Heart,  Minn. 

Ringerikeslag — Vegger  Guldbrandson,  Albert  Lea,  Minn. 
Erick  Jonsrud,  Albert  Lea,  Minn. 

Romsdalslag — Prof.  J.  Tanner,  Moorhead,  Minn.     P.  O. 
Hall,  Carpio,  N.  Dak. 

Selbulag — A.  O.  Serum,  Halstad,  Minn.     O.  H.  Uglem, 
Princeton,  Minn. 

Sigdalslag — G.  T.  Braatelien,  Rothsay,  Minn.    K.  C.  Kops- 
eng,  Harvey,  N.  Dak. 

Smaalenslag — J.  T.  Berg,  Kenyon,  Minn.    Andr.  J.  Snes- 
rud,  Kasson,  Minn. 

Soljzfrlag — C.  M.  Berg,  Mclntosh,  Minn.     Marius  Hagen, 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Stavangerlag — Rev.  C.  J.  Eastvold,  Northfield,  Minn.    B. 
L.  Bellesen,  Jewell,  Iowa. 

S0ndhordlandlag — Rev.  L.  O.  Thorson,  Dows,  Iowa.  Oscar 
Ostrem,  Jewell,  Iowa. 

Sunddals-0ksendalslag — E.  G.  Fladwed,  Lake  City,  Minn. 
O.  J.  Gravem,  Towner,  N.  Dak. 


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Ssetesdalslag— Bj.    Bj0rnaraa,    Wanke,    Minn.     John    G. 
Johnson,  Kloten,  N.  Dak. 

Sjztadfjordlag— Judge    Anderson,    Bloomer,    Wis.     Math. 
Mulen,  Treasurer,  Bloomer,  Wis. 

S0ndm0rlag— Lars  L.  Lande,  Galesburg,  N.  Dak.     J.  A. 
Lien,  1009  llth  Ave.,  Fargo,  N.  Dak. 

Telelag— H.  Samuelson,  Climax,  Minn.  O.  Ormbreck,  Ada, 
Minn. 

Bandak  Telelag— O.  G.  Kinney,  Colfax,  Wis.,  President. 

Tinnsj^lag — Lars  Stenson,  Oldham,  S.  Dak. 

Totenlag — Johan  C.  Gran,  Spring  Grove,  Minn.     Casper 
Smedsrud,  Forman,  N.  Dak. 

Tr^nderlag— Prof.  P.  M.  Glasoe,  Northfield,  Minn.    F.  L. 
Tr0nsdal,  Eau  Claire,  Wis. 

Valdris  Samband — A.  A.  Veblen,  East  San  Diego,  Calif. 
A.  M.  Sundheim,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Vinger,  Odalen,  and    Eidskog    Samlag — J.    E.    Jacobson, 
Dazey,  N.  Dak.    Edward  Larsen,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Vosselag — Rev.  K.  Bjorgo,  San  Francisco,  Calif.    Arthur 
Markve,  N.  Y.  Life  Bldg.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

0sterdalslag— N.  T.  Moen,  Fergus  Falls,  Minn.     T.   O. 
Udby,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Twin  City  Stavangerlag — Gust  Irgens,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Mrs.  R.  Neelson,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Minneapolis    Tr0nderlag — Lars    O.    Haug,    Minneapolis, 
Minn.     Albert  Josve,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

West  Coast  Numedalslag — G.  H.  Kravik,  Everett,  Wash. 
H.  O.  H.  Becker,  Stanwood,  Wash. 

West  Coast    So'ndfjordlag— Rev.    O.    J.    Ordal,    Tacoma, 
Wrash.     M.  H.  F0rde,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Manfred  Valdrislag— T.  O.  Roble,  Manfred,  N.  D.,  Pres. 

Twin  City  Valders  Samlag— Tver  C.  Nelson,  Minneapolis. 
Thorwald  Svennes,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


CHAPTER  III. 

THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND 

CHRONICLES  OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND. 

1899.  February  2.     Letter  "Fraa  Miniap01s"  in  Nordve- 
sten,  from  Thomas  Lajord,  proposing  a  reunion  of  Valdrises 
resident  in  Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul. 

February  23.  A  letter  in  answer  to  Lajord  from  an  "Otter 
Tail  Valdris"  proposing  that  the  reunion  be  general,  so  as  to 
include  Valdrises  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 

April,  .May,  and  June,  items  in  papers  about  activity  of  a 
committee  for  preparations  of  a  "Valdrisstevne". 

June  25.  First  Valdrisstevne,  or  reunion  of  Valdrises, 
took  place  in  Minnehaha  Falls  Park,  Minneapolis."  Address 
by  Rev.  Helge  Hoverstad  in  Valdris  dialect.  Committee  in 
charge  of  preparations,  Thomas  Lajord,  J.  T.  Ellingboe,  and 
Chr.  Brandt.  Mr.  Lajord  presided  over  the  meeting. 

1900.  Sept.  9.     Second  Valdrisstevne,  held  in  Minnehaha 
Falls  Park,  Minneapolis.     Committee,  Thomas  Lajord,  chair- 
man; Chr.  Brandt,  and  L.  O.  Wilson.    Address  by  Dr.  J.  S. 
Johnson. 

1901.  Aug.  25,  a,  stevne  of  Valdrises  of  Renville  County, 
Minn.,  was  held  a  few  miles  south-east  of  Maynard. 

Sept.  8.  Third  general  Valdrisstevne  met  in  Como  Park, 
between  St.  Paul  and1  Minneapolis.  Committee:  Dr.  J.  S. 
Johnson,  presiding,  L.  O.  Wilson,  Lajord,  O.  Jorgens,  Chr. 
Brandt.  Address  by  Professor  A.  A.  Veblen  in  Valdris 
dialect.  Committee  of  seven  elected  to  organize  a  society  of 
Valdrises,  draw  up  a  constitution,  and  to  have  charge  of  a 
stevne  next  year.  Thomas  Lajord  first  member  of  the  com- 
mittee elected,  the  other  members  were  H.  A.  Boe,  Harold 


92 


THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 


PASTOR    NILS    BRANDT 
DEAN  OF  THE  VALORISES 


THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND  98 

Thorson,  Dr.  J.  S.  Johnson,  A.  A.  Veblen,  Hon.  G.  K.  Nor- 
sving,  and  Hon.  Haldor  Boen. 

1902.  May  16th.    Committe  of  seven  met  in  St.  Paul.    A. 
A.  Veblen  elected  chairman  and  Dr.  Johnson  secretary.  Name 
"Valdris    Samband"    adopted.      Provisions    of    constitution 
agreed  upon,  and  subcommittee,  consisting  of  chairman  and 
secretary,  directed  to  prepare  draft  of  the  document  and  sub- 
mit to  the  members  of  the  committee  by  mail  for  approval. 

Aug.  31.  Fourth  Valdrisstevne,  in  Como  Park.  Constitu- 
tion approved.  Executive  Board  elected:  A.  A.  Veblen, 
President;  Thomas  Lajord,  Vice-President ;  Dr.  J.  S.  John- 
son, secretary ;  Rev.  O.  L.  Kirkeberg ;  and  Chr.  J.  Heen.  Prof. 
John  Dahle,  Orator.  The  Valdris  Button  worn  for  the  first 
time. 

Evening.  The  first  Valdrisgjesteb^,  prepared  by  Dr.  John- 
son, at  Mozart  Hall,  St.  Paul.  Prof.  John  Dahle  toastmaster 
(Kj^meistar). 

September.  Booklet  issued  by  the  secretary,  containing 
minutes  of  meeting,  reports  of  committee,  and  Prof.  Dahle's 
oration. 

December.  The  biographical  Blank,  with  28  questions  to 
be  answered  by  members,  issued. 

1903.  Sept.  5,  Saturday    Evening.     Valdris    banquet    at 
Dania  Hall,  Cedar  Ave.,  Minneapolis.    Rev.  O.  L.  Kirkeberg, 
toastmaster.     Stereopticon  views  from  Valdris  shown  by  the 
president  after  the  banquet. 

Sept.  6,  in  Como  Park.  Fifth  Stevne.  O.  L.  Kirkeberg 
orator.  Styre  elected :  Veblen,  P.,  Kirkeberg  V-P.,  Dr.  John- 
son, Sec.,  C.  J.  Heen,  Harold  Thorson. 

Dec.  8.    Valdris  Samlag  of  St.  Paul  organized. 

Dec.  29.     Grafton,  N.  D.,  Valdris  Samlag  organized. 

Dec.  30.  First  number  of  quarterly  "Valdris  Helsing" 
issued ;  the  president,  editor,  and  the  secretary,  associate  editor. 

1904.  Sept.  3.     Banquet  at  Mozart  Hall,  St.  Paul.     Prof. 
J.  Dahle  toastmaster. 

Sept.  4.    Sixth  Stevne,  Como  Park.    President  A.  G.  Tuve 


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orator.  Styre:  Veblen  P.,  Kirkeberg  V-P.,  Dr.  Johnson, 
Sec.,  C.  J.  Heen,  H.  Thorson,  S.  G.  Bertilrud. 

1905.  Sept.  9.    Banquet  at  Normanna  Hall,  Third  Street 
and  Twelfth  Ave.  South,  Minneapolis.    Prof.  Dahle  toastmas- 
ter. 

Sept.  10.  Seventh  Stevne,  Como  Park.  Rev.  O.  J.  Kvale 
orator.  Styre:  Veblen  P,  Kirkeberg  V-P.,  Dr.  Johnson  Sec., 
Heen,  Thorson,  Bertilrud. 

1906.  July  7.    Thomas  Lajord  died  at  Washington,  D.  C. 
Sept.  8.     Banquet,  Normanna  Hall.     The  president  acted 

as  toastmaster. 

Sept.  9.  Eighth  Stevne,  Como  Park.  Prof.  Thomas  S. 
Thompson  orator.  Styre:  Veblen  P.,  Kirkeberg  V-P.,  A.  M. 
Sundheim  Sec.,  Heen,  Thorson,  Bertilrud. 

1907.  Sept.  7.     Banquet,  Normanna  Hall.     John  Dahle 
toastmaster. 

Sept.  8.  Como  Park,  R.  N.  Qualley  orator.  Committee 
to  collect  historical  material  relating  to  Valdrises  appointed, 
Lieut.  N.  I.  Gilbert  chairman.  Styre:  Veblen  P.,  H.  Thorson 
V-P.,  Sundheim  Sec.,  H.  A.  Bjorgo,  O.  I.  Flaten,  Sam  Thomp- 
son. 

1908.  Sept.  5.     Banquet,  Normanna    Hall.     John    Dahle 
toastmaster. 

Sept.  6.  Como  Park.  Tenth  Stevne.  Dr.  J.  S.  Johnson 
presiding  in  the  absence  of  the  president.  Rev.  I.  T.  Aastad 
orator.  Styre:  Veblen  P.,  Thorson  V-P.,  Dr.  J.  S.  Johnson 
Sec.,  I.  T.  Aastad,  Chris.  Olson  (Guldhaug),  Ole  Jorgens. 

This  year  First  Valdrisstevne  at  Alberta,  Canada. 

1909.  June  24.     Second  Valdrisstevne  at  Alberta,  Can. 
Sept.  10.    Conference  meeting  of  some  Valdrises  at  Hotel 

Sherman,  St.  Paul,  agrees  on  plan  to  raise  fund  for  salary  of 
president  as  editor  of  the  Helsing,  H.  Thorson  to  be  manager 
of  subscription. 

Sept.  11.  Banquet  at  Ark  Lodge  Auditorium,  31st  Street 
and  Third  Ave.  South,  Minneapolis,  Dahle  toastmaster. 

Sept.  12.    Eleventh  Stevne,  Como  Park,  Albert  L.  Hougen, 


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orator.     Styre:  Veblen  P.,  Bendix  Holdahl  V-R,  Dr.  John- 
son Sec.,  M.  A.  Weblen,  A.  M.  Sundheim,  H.  A.  Boe. 

Nov.  17.  First  meeting  of  bygdelag  representatives  on  in- 
vitation of  Valdris  Samband  Styre,  So.  Side  Commercial  Club, 
Minneapolis. 

1910.  Sept.  10.    Twelfth  Stevne.    Business  meeting,  after- 
noon, Ark  Auditorium  basement.     Chr.  Brandt  Secretary  pro 
tern.    Voted,  to  change  Valdris  Helsing  into  monthly  by  name 
of  SAMBAND.     Styre:  Veblen  P.,  B.  Holdahl  V-P,  A.  M. 
Sundheim  Sec.,  H.  Thorson,  O.  A.  Hain,  M.  A.  Weblen. 

Evening.  Banquet,  Ark  Auditorium.  Veblen  toastmaster. 
Lewis  A.  Anderson  orator. 

Sept.  11.    Como  Park,  picinic  of  12th  Valdrisstevne. 

November.  First  issue  of  SAMBAND  as  No.  31  (of  the 
Helsing). 

1911.  Sept.  9.    4:30  p.  m.  business  meeting,  Ark  Audito- 
rium.   Styre:  Veblen  P.,  Holdahl  V-P.,  Sundheim  Sec.,  O.  A. 
Hain,  H.  Thorson,  Ole  Rood. 

Evening.  Banquet,  Ark  Auditorium.  Dahle  toastmaster. 
Rev.  A.  H.  Belgum  orator. 

Sept.   10.     Picnic,  Como  Park. 

1912.  Sept.  7.     Fourteenth  Stevne.     Business  session  p. 
m.     Styre:  Veblen  P.,  Holdahl  V-P.,  Sundheim  Sec.,  O.  A. 
Hain,  H.  Thorson,  O.  Rood.-    Vote  passed  to  affiliate  with 
Nordmandsforbundet. 

Evening.  Banquet,  Ark  Auditorium.  Dahle  toastmaster. 
J  C.  M.  Hanson  and  Hon.  H.  T.  Helgesen  orators. 

Sept.  8.     Large  gathering  and  picinic  in  Como  Park. 

1913.  Sept.  6.     Business  session    of    fifteenth    Valdris- 
stevne, afternoon  in  Ark  Auditorium.     Styre:  Veblen  P.,  Rev. 
A.  H.  Gjevre  V-P.,  Sundheim  Sec.,  O.  A.  Hain,  Ole  Rood, 
M.  A.  Weblen 

Evening.  Banquet  Ark  Auditorium,  Veblen  toastmaster. 
Rev.  Chris  S.  Thompson  orator. 

Sept.  7.     Como  Park.    Picnic  and  program. 

1914.  May  16.     Sixteenth  Valdrisstevne,  10  a.  m.    West 


96  THE  VALDRIS    BOOK 

half  of  Dairy  Building,  Minn.  State  Fair  Ground.  Styre 
elected :  Veblen  P.,  Gjevre  V-P.,  Sundheim  Sec.,  O.  A.  Ham, 
Ole  Rood,  M.  A.  Weblen,  O.  A.  Veblen,  I.  O.  Hovey,  H.  S. 
Ingvalson.  This  meeting  voted  to  begin  the  raising  of  funds 
for  a  memorial  gift  to  Valdris  (Valdrisgave),  the  president  to 
appoint  as  a  committee  one  man  from  each  parish  in  Valdris, 
with  himself  as  member  at  large  and  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee. 

Sept.  12.  Extra  Valdrisstevne.  Business  meeting  4  p.  m. 
Ark  Auditorium.  Rules  for  Valdrisgave  adopted. 

Evening.  Banquet,  Ark  Auditorium.  John  Dahle  toast- 
master.  Rev.  N.  J.  Lockrem  orator. 

Sept.  13.  Small  picinic  gathering  in  Minnehaha  Falls 
Park,  Minneapolis.  Valdrisgave  Committee  completed  as  fol- 
lows :  For  Vang,  C.  J.  Keen.  For  West  Slidre,  I.  O.  Hovey, 
secretary.  For  East  Slidre,  T.  O.  Roble.  For  Etnedalen,  Jo- 
hannes Anderson  (Stamperstuen).  For  North  Aurdal,  A.  M. 
Sundheim,  treasurer.  For  South  Aurdal,  L.  C.  Goplerud. 
Chairman  and  member  at  large,  A.  A.  Veblen. 

Sept.  24.  First  local  stevne  of  Valdrises  of  Pope  County, 
Minn.,  at  Glenwood. 

1915.  June  7.    Stevne  of  Pope  County  Valdrislag,  at  Glen- 
wood. 

Sept.  9,  Thursday.  17th  annual  stevne  of  Valdris  Sam- 
band.  Business  meeting,  4  p.  m.,  Ark  Auditorium.  Styre 
elected:  Veblen  P.,  Gjevre  V-P.,  Sundheim  Sec.,  O.  A.  Hain, 
M.  A.  Weblen,  I.  O.  Hovey,  H.  S.  Ingvalson,  O.  A.  Veblen, 
Herman  Karlsgodt. 

Evening.  Banquet,  Ark  Auditorium.  T.  O.  Roble  toast- 
master.  Rev.  J.  M.  Sundheim  orator. 

Sept.  10.     Como  Park,  picnic  and  informal  program. 

1916.  June  22.    Glenwood,  Minn.    18th  Stevne  of  Valdris 
Samband,  with  assistance  of  Pope  County  Valdrislag.    Open- 
ing session  p.  m. 

Evening.  Banquet  in  park  pavilion.  John  Dahle  toast- 
master. 


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June  23.  Business  session.  Styre  elected :  Veblen  P.,  Ole 
Rood  V-P.,  Sundheim  Sec.,  O.  A.  Hain,  1.  O.  Hovey,  H.  S. 
Ingvalson,  H.  Karlsgodt,  M.  A.  Weblen,  O  H.  Opheim 

1917.  Apr.  26.     Bendix  Holdahl  died. 

Aug.  10.  Meeting  of  Styre  in  Minneapolis,  voted  to  omit 
the  1917  stevne  on  account  of  the  war. 

October.  Publication  of  SAM  BAND  suspended.  Last 
issue  No.  114,  for  October,  1917. 

1918.  May,  notices  issued  to  suspend    Valdrisstevne    of 
1918. 

1919.  Sept.  6.     A  Valdrisstevne  held  in    Citizens    Club 
•  rooms,  Minneapolis,  by  Minneapolis  "Valdris  Samlag"    R.  N. 

Qualley  orator. 

Sept.  7.  Meeting  of  Valdris  Samband  Styre,  voted  to  call 
a  general  Valdrisstevne  in  Minneapolis  in  June,  1920.  Voted 
to  withdraw  from  Nordmands-Forbundet.  Voted  to  deposit 
funds  of  the  Valdrisgave  in  Kristiania  Bank. 

1920.  Feb.  18.     Harald  Thorson  died,  St.  Paul. 

June  18  and  19.  Annual  meeting  of  Valdris  Samband, 
Citizens  Club,  Franklin  and  Minnehaha  Avenues,  Minneapolis. 

HISTORY  OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND. 
THE  FIRST  REUNIONS  OF  THE  VALORISES. 

The  history  of  the  movement  for  reunions  of  Valdrises, 
which  resulted  in  the  formation  of  the  Valdris  Samband, 
begins  with  a  communication  which  was  printed  in  the 
issue  of  February  2,  1899,  of  the  Norwegian  weekly  news- 
paper Nordvesten,  published  at  St.  Paul.  It  was  written  in 
Valdris  dialect  and  entitled,  "Fraa  Miniap01s"  and  signed, 
T.  L.  (Thomas  Lajord).  Mr.  Lajord  proposes  that  the  edi- 
tor, Chr.  Brandt,  who  is  a  Valdris,  or  some  one  else  take 
the  lead  in  getting  about  a  meeting  of  Valdrises  of  Minne- 
apolis and  St.  Paul  some  evening,  to  have  a  good  time  with 
refreshments,  music,  singing,  and  speaking.  He  suggests 
as  a  topic :  "How  can  we,  as  Valdris-Americans,  help  to 
awaken  the  solidarity  thought  of  Gyda  from  Kvie?"  An- 


other  remark  he  makes  is:  "Probably  none  would  take  the 
trouble  and  expense  that  they  would  come  from  other 
places,  though  you  wrote  a  little  about  it  in  the  paper." 


THOMAS    LAJORD 


Also,  "If  only  a  small  meeting  were  brought  about  to  be- 
gin with,  perhaps  then  sometime  in  the  future  there  might 
be  one,  or  two  large  meetings  at  Minnehaha,  or  Como, 


THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND  99 

or  Harriet,  and  a  small  one  were  perhaps  better  than  none 
at  all." 

Lajord's  communication  was  answered  in  a  letter  print- 
ed in  Nordvesten  for  February  23,  1899,  under  the  heading 
"Fra  Otter  Tail  County"  and  signed  "en  Otter  Tail  Val- 
dris"  This  letter  strongly  endorses  Lajord's  suggestion  for 
a  Valdris  meeting,  but  urges  that  the  invitation  be  extended 
to  all  Valdrises  in  America,  and  that  it  be  not  held  until 
so  late  that  it  may  take  place  out  of  doors  He  suggests  as 
a  date  the  Sunday  during  the  convention  of  the  United 
Church  or  during  the  week  of  the  meeting  of  the  Norwe- 
gian Synod.  The  "Otter  Tail  Valdris"  enumerates  a  num- 
ber of  well  known  Valdrises  who  should  be  asked  to  attend 
and  participate,  and  suggests  matters  for  discussion.  The 
identity  of  this  correspondent  has  not  so  far  been  revealed. 
But  he  seems  to  be  the  father  of  the  proposal  of  a  national 
reunion  rather  than  a  local  meeting. 

Considerable  agitation  took  place  following  these  com- 
munications, as  shown  by  six  or  seven  different  clippings 
that  the  writer  has  from  papers  during  April,  May  and 
June  after.  These  show  that  a  cdmmittee  on  arrangements 
consisting  of  J.  T.  Ellingboe,  Thomas  Lajord,  and  Chr. 
Brandt  had  after  a  while  been  formed  and  had  fixed  on 
Sunday,  June  25th  as  the  time  of  meeting,  it  was  designat- 
ed as  a  Valdris-M0te  or  as  a  Valdrisstevne,  and  the  latter 
soon  became  the  usual  designation  for  this  sort  of  meet- 
ings. It  means  a  prearranged  meet  or  gathering,  a  reunion, 
of  Valdrises. 

From  newspaper  reports  of  the.stevne  it  appears  to 
have  been  a  very  successful  affair.  The  informal  visiting 
formed  the  chief  feature,  and  there  was  a  picnic,  for  which 
'  the  ladies  provided  coffee,  and  afterward  a  program  of 
speaking  and  music.  Thomas  Lajord  presided,  and  he  re- 
cited some  verses  of  his  own  which  had  already  been  print- 
ed in  the  twin  city  papers,  beginning:  "Me  aera  Valdrisa; 
etc."  Rev.  I.  T.  Aastad  made  some  remarks,  as  did  also 
Rev.  L.  P.  Thorkveen,  though  not  a  Valdris  but  Gudbrands- 


100  THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 

d^l.  A  formal  address  was  delivered  by  Rev.  Helge  H0ver- 
stad,  in  Valdris  dialect.  (It  is  printed  in  full  in  Valdris 
Helsing,  August,  1904).  One  reporter  estimates  the  num- 
ber in  attendance  at  "ca.  800."  The  marked  success  of  the 
meeting,  which  was  the  first  of  its  kind  ever  held  showed 
that  the  idea  of  a  general  reunion  was  received  with  sym- 
pathy and  approval.  Many  of  the  participants  had  come 
from  different  parts  of  Minnesota  and  from  other  states. 

Though  the  matter  was  broached  at  the  meeting,  no 
steps  were  taken  toward  effecting  a  permanent  organiza- 
tion. But  it  was  a  generally  expressed  wish  that  similar 
reunions  should' be  held  in  the  future,  and  it  was  under- 
stood that  the  same  committee  would  actively  encourage 
efforts  in  that  direction.  The  stevne  and  the  idea  of  repeti- 
tions of  the  affair  became  frequent  topics  of  conversation 
among  Valdrises  and  others.  Mr.  Lajord  in  his  zeal  car- 
ried on  a  tireless  propaganda ;  so  much  so,  indeed,  that  more 
reserved  and  modest  Valdrises  even  thought  he  carried  it 
too  far,  and  even  hinted  that  he  "made  a  nuisance"  of  his 
talk  in  season  and  out  of  season  about  Valdris  meetings. 

THE  SECOND  STEVNE.--— In  Nordvesten  ofi  August  28, 
1900,  appeared  an  announcement  that  the  second  meet- 
ing of  Valdrises  would  take  place  in  Minnehaha  Park  on 
Sunday  afternoon,  September  9.  This  was  signed  by  L.  O. 
Wilson,  Thomas  Lajord,  and  Chr.  Brandt,  as  committee. 
Sunday  morning  proved  unpropitious  with  considerable 
rain.  But  the  afternoon  cleared.  The  dampness  caused  by 
the  morning's  rain  doubtless  kept  some  away  from  the 
park  in  the  afternoon,  but  the  affair  nevertheless  proved 
successful.  From  a  partial  list  of  participants  published 
in  the  newspaper  reports,  it  appears  that  the  number  of 
people  from  out  of  town  was  quite  as  large  as  of  those  resi-  * 
dent  in  the  twin  cities.  There  were  Valdrises  from  all  parts 
of  Minnesota  and  from  the  adjacent  states. 

Lajord  presided,  and  a  new  poem  of  his,  that  he  recited, 
"Her  ha  me  samlast,  f0r  moro  o  glee!  Tankin  flyg  heimat 
aat  Valdris  idag,"  was  sung  by  the  audience.  As  speakers 


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101 


are  mentioned  Ole  Kirkevold  from  Norway,  Ole  Jorgens. 
K.  K  Rudie,  Professor  T.  A.  Hoverstad,  and  Dr.  J.  S.  John- 
son who  delivered  the  formal  address.  Dr.  Johnson's  par- 


Dr.   J.   S.   JOHNSON 


ticipation  in  this  stevne  seems  to  have  marked  the  begin- 
ning of  his  bygdelag  activity  and  the  injection  of  his  ca- 
pacity for  energetic  management  into  the  movement.  The 
men  who  had  so  far  busied  themselves  in  promoting  the 


102  THE   VALDRIS  BOOK 

reunions,  seem  from  this  time  to  have  accepted  as  a  matter 
of  course  his  leadership  and  initiative.  Lajord's  enthusiasm 
remained  unabated.  He  was  a  born  propagandist,  whose 
fervent  and  extravagant  faith  in  the  Norwegians  as  the 
best  of  all  nationalities,  and  in  the  Valdrises  as  the  most 
genuine  of  them,  made  him  irresistible  even  though  his  zeal 
seemed  immoderate.  He  had  no  patience  with  attention 
to  details  such  as  should  seem  essential  in  directing  or  or- 
ganizing a  movement  of  such  a  novel  character  as  this.  He 
was  a  peerless  specialist  in  his  native  Vang  dialect,  and  he 
made  effective  use  of  his  mastery  of  it,  by  writing  his 
verses  and  articles  in  it  and  in  a  style  that  was  characteris- 
tically Lajord's  own. 

THE  THIRD  STEVNE  AND  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND. — 
The  committee  which  took  charge  of  the  preparations  for  the 
third  Valdrisstevne  was,  as  first  announced,  K.  K.  Rudie, 
Dr.  Johnson,  L.  O.  Wilson,  Thos.  Lajord,  and  O.  Jorgens, 
Dr.  Johnson  was  at  some  time  designated  chairman,  and  Chr. 
Brandt  seems  to  have  taken  Mr.  Rudie's  place.  During  the 
winter  the  author  of  this  sketch  met  Dr.  Johnson  and  received 
from  him  an  invitation  to  make  the  formal  address.  Press 
notices  of  the  stevne  began  to  appear  in  good  season. 

While  the  advertising  and  preparations  were  going  on 
at  their  best  an  unlocked  for  diversion  was  caused  by  a 
theological  student,  Torgeir  KJ0S,  who  was  that  summer 
teaching  parochial  school  in  Renville  County.  On  his  ini- 
tiative a  Valdrisstevne  was  held  near  Maynard  on  August 
25,  which  was  described  as  a  successful  affair.  It  gave 
Lajord  a  lot  of  worry;  for  he  took  Kjj^s's  action  as  spite 
work  against  himself.  But  the  Renville  County  gathering 
was  simply  a  local  picnic  outing,  and  it  is  doubtful  wheth- 
er it  really  worked  to  the  prejudice  of  the  general  stevne 
which  came  two  weeks  later. 

Sunday  Sept.  8,  was  chosen  as  the  date  of  the  Stevne, 
so  as  to  enable  those  attending  to  take  advantage  of  the 
reduced  railway  fares  to  the  State  fair  which  took  place 
during  the  preceding  week.  The  day  began  inauspiciously 


THE  VALDRIS    SAMBAND  103 

with  rain  and  a  chilly  wind.  But  by  noon  the  sky  cleared 
and  the  wind  calmed,  so  that  in  good  time  a  gathering  esti- 
mated at  from  two  to  three  thousand  had  assembled  at  the 
pavilion  of  the  picnic  ground  in  the  southwest  corner  of 
Como  Park.  Badges,  made  of  red,  white  and  blue  ribbons 
and  inscribed  "Valdris-Stevne  1901"  were  supplied  free, 
through  the  generosity  of  Mr.  Harold  Thorson.  A  bounti- 
ful picnic  dinner  was  provided  by  the  resident  Valdrises. 
The  stevne  was  conducted  by  Dr.  Johnson,  chairman  of 
the  committee,  and  he  presided  during  the  program  which 
followed  the  picnic.  Mr.  Lajord  busied  himself  in  passing 
around  a  register  in  which  he  obtained  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  a  number  of  those  in  attendance.  These  were 
published  in  Nordvesten  with  the  report  of  the  meeting. 
Kari  Rudi  played  the  Langeleik.  John-  Eltun  sang  Valdris 
songs.  Several  numbers  were  rendered  by  the  men's  sing- 
ing society  "Fram"  of  St.  Paul,  led  by  Prof.  John  Dahle. 
Dr.  Johnson  opened  the  exercises  with  a  brief  address.  The 
formal  address,  written  in  the  H0risbygding  variety  of 
Valdris  dialect,  was  given  by  the  writer  (A.  A.  Veblen). 
Speeches,  which  were  also  in  dialect,  were  made  by  ex- 
Congressman  Haldor  Boen  and  Professor  John  Dahle.  La- 
jord read  a  new  poem,  "E  ae  gla  so  at  hjarsta  mit  h0ppa." 
At  the  conclusion  of  this  program  Dr.  Johnson  brought 
up  the  question  of  effecting  a  permanent  organization,  ex- 
pressing for  himself  agreement  with  others  who  favored 
such  action,  and  ended  by  taking  an  aye  and  no  vote,  which 
proved  unanimous  for  the  proposition.  Motions  were  made 
and  adopted,  providing  for  the  election  of  a  committee  of 
seven  to  have  power  to  call  and  conduct  the  next  stevne, 
to  draw  up  a  constitution,  and  under  it  to  have  charge 
of  the  affairs  of  the  society  until  it  should  convene  the  next 
year.  The  members  of  the  committee  were  chosen  by  suc- 
cessive nominations  and  elections  till  the  seven  places 
were  filled.  Mr.  Lajord  was  the  first  one  named.  The  oth- 
ers were,  Helge  Boe,  Northfield;  Harold  Thorson,  Elbow 
Lake;  Dr.  J.  S.  Johnson,  St.  Paul;  Prof.  A.  A.  Veblen, 


104 


THE    VALDRIS    BOOK 


Iowa  City;  Hon.  G.  K.  Norsving,  Goodhue  Co.;  Hon.  Hal- 
dor  Boen,  Fergus  Falls. 

Lengthy  reports  of  the  stevne  were  published  in  the 
papers,  and  included  Mr.  Lajord's  poem  and  his  partial  reg- 


HALDOR    BOEN 
Of  the  Charter  Committee 


ister  of  visitors  and  the  text  of  the  writer's  address.  The 
latter  was  also  issued  as  a  booklet  for  use  as  publicity  mat- 
ter, and  was  in  1903  printed  in  Prof.  R.  B.  Anderson's 
Bygdejsevning. 


THE   VALDRIS    SAMBAND  105 

It  was  expected  that  Mr.  Lajord  as  being  the  first  one 
elected  would  take  steps  to  have  the  committee  assemble 
and  organize,  but  this  he  declined  to  do.  On  the  initiative 
of  others  it  met  in  Dr  Johnson's  office  in  St.  Paul  on  May 
16,  1902.  All  members  were  present  except  Mr.  Helge 
Boe.  Mr.  Lajord  was  nominated  for  chairman  but  would 
not  serve,  whereupon  A.  A.  Veblen  was  elected  chairman 
and  Dr.  J.  S.  Johnson  secretary.  At  the  suggestion  of  the 
chairman  the  name  "Valdris  Samband"  was  unanimously 
agreed  on  as  the  name  of  the  society.  The  provisions  to 
be  embodied  in  the  constitution  were  agreed  upon  one  by 
one,  and  after  the  time  and  place  for  the  next  stevne  had 
been  fixed  and  the  chairman  and  secretary  had  been  appoint- 
ed a  subcommittee  to  finish  the  draft  of  a  constitution,  the 
committee  adjourned. 

The  subcommittee  named  completed  their  task  the  fol- 
lowing day.  Copies  of  the  draft  were  immediately  sub- 
mitted to  the  other  members  by  mail,  and  approved  by 
them.  It  was  written  in  Valdris  dialect.  Following  is  a 
translation  of  the  document : 

CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND. 

1.  The  name  of  this  society  is  Valdris  Samband. 

2.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the  Samband  to  promote  friend- 
ship and     pleasant     intercourse     among  the  Valdrises  of 
America,  and  to  increase  knowledge  of  the  Valdrises  and  of 
their  worth  and  activity  here  and  in  the  old  "home. 

3.  All  who  are  of  Valdris  lineage,  and  their  wives  and 
husbands,  are  eligible  to  membership. 

4.  The  officers  are  a  president,  a  vice-president,  and 
a  secretary.    Each  is  to  serve  the  Samband  in  the  manner 
usual  for  such  officers ;  but  the  secretary  is  also  to  be  treas- 
urer. 

Beside  these  three,  two  more  are  to  be  elected,  so  as  to 
form  a  board  of  five  members,  which  is  to  have  the  custody 
and  management  of  everything  that  belongs  to  or  concerns 


106  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

the  Samband,  in  accord  with  this  constitution  and  other 
acts  of  the  Samband. 

5.  An  annual  meeting  of  the  Samband  shall  be  held 
when  and  where  the  Samband  or  the  Executive  Board  may 
agree  upon. 

At  this  meeting  the  first  order  of  business  shall  be  the 
appointment  of  a  nominating  committee. 

After  the  officers  have  made  their  reports,  the  nominat- 
ing committee  shall  report  at  least  one  name  for  each  office 
of  the  Board. 

Thereupon  the  Samband  is  to  elect  officers  either  of 
those  nominated  or  any  others. 

Thereafter  the  order  of  proceedure  shall  be  such  as 
the  Board  has  ordered  or  the  meeting  may  determine. 

6.  The  Board  shall  select  Valdrises  to  make  the  prin- 
cipal addresses  at  the  meetings ;  and  the  speaking  shall 
preferably  be  in  Valdris  language. 

7.  Such  as  are  eligible  and  desire  to  become  members 
are  to  pay  twenty-five  cents  into  the  treasury ;  no  admission 
dues  are  required  of  the  wife  or  children  of  a  member.    The 
amount  of  annual  dues  shall  from  time  to  time  be  fixed 
by  the  Samband. 

8.  In   order  that  accurate   and  authentic  information 
may  be  collected  regarding  the  Valdrises  and  their  activity 
and  history,  each  one  shall  at  the  time  of  application  for 
membership  write  down  and  turn  in  to  the  Board,  so  much 
information  of'  himself,  his  family,  and  his  lineage,  as  he 
may  be  willing  to  give. 

All  that  which  is  thus  collected,  and  all  other  documents 
books,  and  pictures,  which  come  into  the  custody  of  the 
Samband,  are  to  be  preserved  in  some  safe  and  fire-proof 
place ;  and  the  Board  shall  be  responsible  for  the  safe-keep- 
ing of  all  such  matters. 

The  secretary  shall  as  he  may  be  directed,  distribute 
speeches  and  any  matter  that  may  be  printed. 

9.  The  Samband,  in  order  to  promote  its  objects,  will 


THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  107 

favor  the  formation  of  Samlags  by  Valdrises,  with  the  same 
purposes  as  the  Samband,  in  every  neighborhood  where 
they  are  numerous  enough  to  do  so. 

The  Samband  will  encourage  the  collection,  safe-keep- 
ing, and  publication  of  all  such  matters  as  concern  the 
Valdrises,  Valdris  settlements,  and  the  Valdris  language, 
in  this  new  and  cherished  home  of  so  many  Valdrises. 
(May  17,  1902). 

This  constitution  has  not  been  amended  or  altered  in 
any  respect,  except  that  the  Executive  Board  has  been  in- 
creased in  number  to  nine  (in  1916)  and  the  dues  have  been 
increased  to  50  cents,  and  again  decreased  to  25  cents,  the 
original  amount. 

The  chairman  and  secretary  at  once  began  a  lively  pub- 
licity campaign.  They  secured  lists  of  Valdrises  wherever 
they  knew  some  one  from  whom  to  request  lists  of  those 
in  the  neighborhood,  and  wrote  a  large  number  of  letters 
and  distributed  much  printed  matter.  In  addition  they 
wrote  articles  for  the  newspapers.  The  printed  matter  used 
consisted  of  the  constitution  in  the  form  of  a  small  leaflet, 
and  four  different  issues  of  circulars.  To  get  as  large  a 
compliance  as  might  be  with  Article  8  of  the  constitution, 
the  main  circular  closed  with  the  following: 

SUGGESTIONS  TO  APPLICANTS  FOR  MEMBERSHIP  IN  THE 
VALDRIS  SAMBAND. 

On  any  suitable  paper,  answer  in  succession  such  of  the 
following  questions  as  you  can  or  will.  Number  the  an- 
swers to  correspond.  Or  give  the  information  in  such  man- 
ner as  you  may  find  convenient.  Use  English,  Norwegian, 
or  Valdris,  as  you  prefer. 

Write  all  names  of  persons  in  full,  giving  first  the  form 
used  here;  then  the  full  Norwegian  form,  with  farsnavn 
and  garsnavn  or  pladsnavn.  Names  of  places  should  be 
correct  and  full.  With  the  name  of  gar  or  plads  indicate 
divisions,  as  njzfrro'-,  S0rr0-,  uppi  gare,  etc.,  and  the  bygd,  an- 
nex, and  prestegjaeld  should  be  stated. 


10g  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

1.  Your  name?  2.  Address?  3.  Original  Norwegian 
form  of  the  name,  if  any  change  has  been  made?  4.  Date 
of  birth?  5.  Place  of  birth?  6.  Time  of  emigration  of 
self  or  family?  7.  Name  of  ship  in  which  you  or  your 


HELGE    A.    BOE 
Of  the  Charter  Committee 

family  sailed?  8.  Place  and  date  of  landing?  9.  Places 
of  residence  and  the  time  in  each?  10.  Occupation  or  pro- 
fession? 11.  Public  offices  rilled,  and  dates?  12.  Military 
service  and  rank?  13.  Church  connection?  14.  Schools 
attended  and  degrees  and  honors  received?  15.  Titles  of 


THE   VALDRIS   SAMBAND  109 

books,  lectures,  and  other  writings  produced?  16.  If  mar- 
ried, name  and  age  of  wife  or  husband  and  date  of  mar- 
riage? 17.  Names,  ages,  and  birthplace  of  children?  18. 
Your  father's  name,  date  and  place  of  birth,  occupation,  and 
other  facts  of  his  history?  19  Your  father's  brothers  and 
sisters  and  facts  about  them?  20.  Your  father's  father? 
21.  Your  father's  mother?  22.  Any  further  facts  about 
your  father's  family?  23.  Your  mother's  name,  etc.,  as  in 
questions  18  and  19?  24.  Your  mothers  father?  25.  Your 
mother's  mother?  26.  Any  further  facts  about  your  moth- 
er's family?  27.  Name,  address,  etc.,  of  each  of  your  broth- 
ers and  sisters?  Make  all  the  answers  to  18  to  27  as  full  as 
possible  or  as  full  as  you  desire,  giving  as  much  of  your 
family  history  and  connections  as  you  may  be  inclined  to 
write  down  for  record.  28.  Describe  or  relate  any  other 
facts  or  any  events  or  movements  in  which  you  have  par- 
ticipated, or  of  which  you  have  direct  or  reliabe  informa- 
tion, and  which  you  may  be  willing  to  record. 

Finally,  send  the  manuscript  to  any  member  of  the  com- 
mittee or  preferably  to  the  secretary  or  to  the  chairman, 

A.  A.  VEBLEN, 

Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

These  "suggestions"  embodied  the  first  effort  in  the  di- 
rection of  securing  "information  about  Valdrises."  In  a 
few  months  the  same  28  questions  were  printed  on  a  sheet 
with  blank  spaces  for  the  answers,  constituting  the  "bio- 
graphic blank"  of  the  Samband,  which  is  still  used,  and 
which  was  adopted,  without  change  of  order  or  essential 
alteration  in  substance,  as  the  Biographic  Blank  recom- 
mended to  the  bygdelags  by  the  meeting  of  lag  representa- 
tives in  1910,  and  afterward  adopted  by  most  of  them. 

THE  FOURTH  STEVNE  convened  in  Como  Park  on 
August  31st,  1902.  Previous  to  the  meeting  280  members 
had  enrolled  by  mail.  The  chairman,  as  acting  president, 
conducted  the.  proceedings  and  reports  were  rendered  by 
him  and  by  the  secretary,  on  the  work  of  the  Committee 
on  Organization.  The  constitution  was  approved  by  the 


HO  THE  VALDRIS  BOOK 

meeting,  and  the  first  Executive  Board  (Styre)  was  elect- 
ed, as  follows:  A.  A.  Veblen,  President,  Thomas  Lajord 
vice-president,  J.  S.  Johnson  secretary-treasurer,  Rev.  O. 
L.  Kirkeberg,  and  Christopher  Keen. 

On  the  conclusion  of  the  business  session  the  Annual 
address  was  delivered  by  Professor  John  Dahle.  The  men's 
singing  society  Fram  sang  several  selections,  and  there 
was  instrumental  music  by  an  orchestra.  For  the  rest  the 
time  was  spent  in  informal  visiting  as  at  the  earlier  meet- 


ings. Many  of  the  resident  participants  picnicked  on  the 
grounds,  but  the  committee  had  made  arrangements  with 
some  one  to  have  on  sale  coffee  and  simple  lunches  for 
such  as  might  wish  to  buy  refreshments,  a  practice  which 
the  Samband  has  kept  up  ever  since. 

A  Valdris  Button  was  worn  for  the  first  time  at  this 
stevne.  It  was  sold  for  a  nominal  sum,  and  was  furnished 
gratis  to  members  who  paid  their  regular  dues.  It  was 
seven-eighths  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  and  bore  a  plain  capi- 


THE   VALDRIS   SAMBAND  111 

tal  V  in  white,  its  three  extreme  points  touching  the  rim  of 
the  button.  The  space  inside  the  V  was  red,  and  the  face 
of  the  button  outside  the  V  was  blue.  No  other  badges 
have  ever  been  supplied  to  participants  of  the  meets  of  the 
Samband,  than  this  small,  simple  button ;  unless  the  parish 
tags  introduced  later  might  be  regarded  as  badges. 

FIRST  VALDRISGJESTEB0. 

In  the  evening  an  informal  banquet  was  served  to  about 
175  members  in  Mozart  Hall,  St.  Paul.  This  was  an  in- 
novation for  a  Valdrisstevne  and  was  due  to  an  idea  which 
Dr.  Johnson  had  conceived  and  which  was  now  carried  out 
under  his  personal  direction.  He  gave  it  the  name  "Val- 
drisgjesteb^,"  and  the  gjesteb0  has  since  been  a  regular 
and  important  feature  of  every  stevne,  and  was  copied  by 
the  other  bygdelags  when  they  came  into  being.  The  pe- 
culiar feature  of  a  Valdrisgjesteb^  is  the  use  of  viands  and 
dishes  such  as  were  served  at  feasts  and  parties  in  Val- 
dris,  like  Rjumegraut,  Lefse,  Flatbread,  Lutefisk,  Spekekj^t, 
etc.  And  the  feast  was  presided  over  by  a  Kjjzfmaistar 
in  the  manner  of  the  master  of  ceremonies  of  that  designa- 
tion in  the  old  home.  At  this  first  Valdrisgjestebjzf  Prof. 
John  Dahle  filled  the  place  of  that  functionary,  and  he  prov- 
ed such  a  treasure  in  this  capacity,  that  he  has  been  called 
to  act,  as  a  matter  of  course  at  these  functions  of  the  Sam- 
band,  whenever  he  has  not  been  absolutely  hindered  from 
attending.  By  reason  of  his  versatile  originality  Professor 
Dahle  is  without  a  peer  as  toastmaster  on  such  occasions, 
and  as  such  he  is  properly  to  be  regarded  as  a  characteristic 
institution  of  the  Valdris  Samband. 

At  this  first  Valdrisgjesteb0  there  was  singing  and  in- 
strumental music.  But  what  distinguished  it  musically  was 
the  playing  upon  the  violin  of  the  old  time  popular  airs  of 
the  home  valley,  especially  the  dances  peculiar  to  Valdris. 
To  the  dance  tunes  a  couple  or  two  of  old,  experienced 
dancers  gave  an  exhibition  of  the  old  national  "springdans," 
which  was  greatly  appreciated  by  the  company.  This  play- 


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ing  by  violin  of  the  old  tunes  and  the  exhibition  of  spring- 
dans  by  such  as  were  especially  experienced  and  skilled  in 


PREPARING    THE    BANQUET 
CHRISTOPHER    HEEN    AND    HIS    VIOLIN 

this  characteristic  dance,  became  regular  and  essential  fea- 
tures of  the  Valdrisgjestebjzfs  of  the  Samband,  quite  as  much 
looked  for  as  the  kjjzfmeistar  conduct  of  the  feast. 


THE   VALDRIS    SAMBAND  113 

Mr.  Christopher  J.  Keen  was  one  of  the  players  this  first 
time,  and  he  has  since  been  as  generally  in  demand  as 
"speleman"  for  the  Valdris  banquets  as  has  Dahle  as  kj0- 
meistar.  Different  masters  upon  the  instrument  have  from 
time  to  time  entertained  the  Valdrises  with  the  airs  and 
tunes  of  the  home  bygds,  but  it  is  not  unfair  to  say  that  no 
one  has  so  charmed  the  audiences  with  his  genuine  old-fash- 
ioned home-playing  as  Heen,  unless  a  co-ordinate  standing 
must  be  assigned  to  the  lamented,  gifted  Ole  I.  Platen,  who 
for  years  shared  with  Heen  the  virtual  position  of  official 
speleman  at  stevne  after  stevne  until  his  death,  in  1914. 

It  was  a  matter  of  much  disappointment  that  Mr.  La- 
jord  was  not  present  at  this  stevne.  He  had  in  the  spring 
gone  abroad  as  conductor  of  a  party  of  American  citizens 
who  went  to  revisit  their  native  bygds  in  Norway.  Thus 
Lajord  spent  the  summer  in  his  native  Valdris,  and  it  was 
expected  that  he  would  bring  greetings  from  the  old  home 
to  the  Valdrisstevne.  But  owing  to  delays  on  his  return 
journey,  he  was  prevented  from  arriving  soon  enough  to  be 
present. 

The  secretary  issued  and  distributed  to  the  members  a 
36  page  booklet,  containing  a  full  report  of  this  stevne,  in- 
cluding the  complete  minutes  of  the  meeting,  the  reports 
made  by  the  chairman  and  himself,  and  the  full  text  of  Pro- 
fessor Dahle's  oration. 

The  American  "Commissioner"  of  det  norske  Samlag, 
the  principal  aim  of  which  was  to  promote  the  cause  of  the 
Norwegian  "landsmaal,"  seems  to  have  taken  it  for  granted 
that  a  society  such  as  the  Valdris  Samband  would  naturally 
give  active  support  to  his  particular  propaganda,  and  sent 
a  representative  to  distribute  matter  in  its  furtherance  at 
the  stevne.  Though  the  man  sent  was  received  with  such 
courtesy  as  circumstances  permitted,  the  Commissioner  be- 
lieved his  representative  had  been  slighted  and  wrote  the 
president  an  angry  letter.  Needless  to  say,  the  matter  was 
disposed  of  in  the  best  of  spirit  and  amity ;  but  the  Samband 


114  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

lias  experienced  no  further  attempts  at  exploiting  it  or  its 
meetings  on  the  part  of  any  particular  cause  or  project. 

In  their  efforts  to  secure  as  many  members  as  possible, 
the  president  and  secretary  wrote  large  numbers  of  personal 
letters,  sent  out  numbers  of  circulars  both  in  English  and 


GUDMUND   K.   NORSVING 
Of  the  Charter  Committee 


in  Norwegian,  including  the  biographic  blank  mentioned 
above,  and  wrote  articles  for  the  press.  The  publicity  work 
of  the  spring  and  summer  for  the  1903  stevne  was  carried  on 
by  the  secretary  alone,  as  the  president  took  advantage  of 
an  opportunity  to  spend  his  vacation  that  summer  abroad, 


THE   VALDRIS    SAMBAND  116 

and  to  make  a  visit  of  several  weeks  in  Valdris.  He  visited 
practically  every  bygd  of  the  district,  and  secured  a  large 
number  of  photographs  of  scenes  such  as  farms,  churches, 
waterfalls,  and  mountain  prospects.  The  plan  to  show 
these  views  in  lantern  slides  at  the  stevne  that  year  was 
industriously  advertised  by  the  secretary  in  his  circulars 
and  notices  regarding  the  stevne. 

THE  FIFTH  VALDRISSTEVNE  began  with  a  banquet  or 
Valdrisgjesteb0  Saturday  evening,  September  5th  in  Dania 
Hall,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  So  many  people  came  to  this  af- 
fair that  it  was  impossible  for  all  to  get  inside.  Probably 
400  people  partook  of  the  collation,  many  of  them  at  a  sec- 
ond setting  of  the  tables.  And  in  addition  every  available 
place  in  the  galleries  and  hall  was  occupied.  And  yet  there 
were  some  who  had  to  go  away  without  having  had  even  a 
chance  to  look  into  the  hall.  Rev.  O.  L.  Kirkeberg  offici- 
ated as  toastmaster.  The  banquet  was  similar  to  the  one 
of  the  year  before,  with  a  program  of  toasts  and  music  fol- 
lowing the  meal.  This  closed  with  the  stereopticon  views 
prepared  from  the  photographs  brought  home  by  the  presi- 
dent from  his  visit  in  Valdris  and  accompanied  by  a  report 
of  his  visit  to  the  different  bygds  of  the  valley.  This  novel 
undertaking  proved  a  great  success ;  for  many  of  the  guests 
could  identify  the  scenes  that  had  been  familiar  to  them  in 
childhod  and  youth  and  some  even  recognized  their  birth- 
places as  the  views  were  thrown  on  the  screen.  The  author 
afterward  worked  the  report  up  into  a  lecture  on  Valdris, 
and  showed  the  views  in  most  of  the  so-called  "Valdris  set- 
tlements" of  the  Northwest  and  to  numerous  audiences  be- 
sides who  had  no  particular  previous  knowledge  of  Valdris. 

Besides  the  chagrin  of  a  large  number  who  were  disap- 
pointed because  the  attendance  was  too  great  for  the  capa- 
city of  the  hall  it  seems  fair  to  note  an  incident  of  this 
gjesteb0  that  could  not  but  affect  the  officers  of  the  Sam- 
band  unpleasantly.  The  association  of  Norwegian  lan- 
guage papers  held  a  largely  attended  meeting  in  Minneapolis 
immediately  before  the  stevne.  They  sent  to  the  banquet 


116  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

committee  a  representative  asking  whether  they  would  not 
be  given  complimentaries  to  the  banquet.  He  stated  that 
it  would  require  about  forty  tickets  to  accommodate  the 
delegates  and  their  ladies.  There  were  then  so  many  places 
spoken  for  that  so  many  tickets  could  not  be  given,  nor 
even  any  given,  without  crowding  out  many  who  had  se- 
cured places.  The  complimentaries  could  not  be  provided, 
and  the  incident  was  naturally  a  distressing  one  to  those 
who  must  refuse  what  the  members  of  the  meeting  had 
had  thought  proper  to  expect. 

The  open  air  stevne  proper  in  Como  Park  the  next  day 
proved  something  of  a  disappointment  because  of  unpropi- 
tious  weather.  It  rained  more  or  less  all  day  and  it  was 
cool,  damp,  and  disagreeable.  But  despite  the  rain,  up- 
wards of  three  hundred  were  gathered  in  the  large  pavilion 
by  two  o'clock,  when  the  meeting  was  called.  The  routine 
business  was  dispatched,  and  Rev.  O.  L.  Kirkeberg  deliver- 
ed a  carefully  prepared  address,  and  an  informal  speech  was 
made  by  Lieut.  N.  I.  Gilbert.  Mr.  Lajord,  who  was  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  entertainment,  had  arranged  with 
the  ladies's  society  of  the  church  of  his  affiliation  to  sell 
refreshments  in  the  pavilion,  as  had  been  done  at  last  year's 
stevne.  But  owing  to  the  inclemency  of  the  weather  the 
women  did  not  think  there  would  be  much,  if  anything,  of 
a  meeting.  They  did  not  even  send  word  and  of  course 
there  were  no  refreshments  to  be  obtained,  and  there  was 
consequent  hardship  for  the  people  in  attendance.  Mr.  La- 
jord felt  so  certain  that  no  one  would  come  out  to  the  park, 
that  even  he  did  not  go,  but  entertained  a  number  of  disap- 
pointed Valdrises  at  his  home  in  the  city  instead. 

VALDRIS  HELSING. 

After  the  1903  stevne  the  president  and  secretary  con- 
sidered the  advisability  of  issuing  a  periodical  of  some  kind 
for  the  Samband,  which  might  contain  such  matters  as,  in 
accord  with  articles  8  and  9  of  the  constitution,  should  be 
distributed  to  members,  and  any  special  matter  that  it 


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117 


would  be  desirable  to  publish  from  time  to  time,  besides 
serving  as  an  "organ"  of  the  Samband.  The  plan,  sub- 
mitted to  the  members  of  the  Styre  who  promptly  approved 
it,  contemplated  the  publication  of  a  small  quarterly.  The 
first  issue,  dated  December,  1903,  was  mailed  to  the  mem- 
bers on  the  30th  of  that  month.  It  consisted  of  32  pages 
and  cover  5Va  by  4  inches,  31  lines  of  3  inches  length  to  the 


HAROLD   THORSON 

page,  and  was  about  as  unpretentious  a  periodical  as  could 
well  be  designed.  The  subscription  price  was  25  cents  a 
year;  but  it  was  to  go  to  the  members  in  consideration  of 
the  annual  dues  of  that  amount. 

This  first  issue  contained  the  minutes  of  the  stevne  in 
September,  the  reports  of  the  officers,  the  addresses  deliv- 
red  at  the  meeting,  and  a  few  pages  of  other  matter.  The 


118  THE   VALDRIS  BOOK 

little  quarterly  was  received  with  delight  by  the  members 
and  with  goodwill  by  many  outside.  And  it  proved  a  good 
medium  of  communication  between  the  Board  and  members, 
and  served  to  promote  the  aims  of  the  society  quite  as 
well  as  had  been  hoped  for  it.  With  the  beginning  of  its 
third  year  it  was  enlarged  to  48  pages  the  issue,  and  the 
price  increased  to  50  cents,  the  membership  dues  being  at 
the  same  time  raised  to  an  equal  sum.  Later  the  page  was 
lengthnecl  by  inserting  leads  between  lines  and  the  make- 
up improved  in  appearance.  It  came  out  regularly  every 
quarter  under  the  editorship  of  the  president  and  secre- 
tary, until  it  was  in  1910  expanded  into  a  monthly  under 
the  name  Samband.  The  thirty  numbers  of  the  Helsing 
embrace  1280  pages  of  matter,  which  is  mostly  of  perman- 
ent historical  value  and  of  course  constitutes  the  main 
source  of  the  history  of  the  Valdrisstevne  movement  dur- 
ing its  first  eleven  years. 

When  at  length  other  bygde-people  took  up  the  move- 
ment successfully  and  the  Telemarkings  and  the  Hallings, 
in  emulation  of  the  Valdrises,  in  1907  organized  societies, 
they  emulated  them  also  in  beginning  publications  of  similar 
character,  design,  and  even  size,  the  Halling-Minne  start- 
ing in  1908  and  Telesoga  in  1909. 

The  steady  growth  of  a  loyal  membership  of  the  Val- 
dris  Samband  and  the  maintenance  and  increase  of  interest 
in  its  activity  is  no  doubt  largely  owing  to  the  little  quarter- 
ly Helsing,  which  word  means  "greeting".  For,  the  stevne 
movement  was  confined  to  the  Valdrises  for  a  good  many 
years;  and  in  that  time  it  neither  received  nor  was  sus- 
tained by  any  such  impetus  as  either  co-operation  might 
have  -nourished  or  rivalry  might  have  inspired,  had  there 
been  any  similar  activity  among  other  bygde-groups. 

The  meetings  of  the-Valdris  Samband  brought  out  gath- 
erings that  outnumbered  the  formal  membership  many 
times  over.  Very  many  of  these  were  Valdrises  who  never 
actually  affiliated  themselves  with  the  society  but  never- 
theless both  by  word  and  deed  joined  in  the  movement,  and 


THE   VALDRIS    SAMBAND  119 

who  derived  as  much  enjoyment  from  it  as  the  members. 
But  perhaps  outnumbering  all  the  Valdrises  taking  part, 
were  others  of  Norwegian  origin  who  came  to  the  Valdris 
meetings,  because  these  were  the  only  gatherings  held 
which  were  primarily  reminiscent  of  the  land  of  their  nativ- 
ity or  ancestry.  All  such  were  of  course  most  cordially  wel- 
comed and  every  effort  was  made  to  have  them  feel  at  home 
with  the  Valdrises.  The  Styre  in  its  call  of  the  meetings 
regularly  included  an  invitation  to  "all  friends  of  the  Val- 
drises" to  share  in  their  reunions. 

LOCAL  ORGANIZATIONS.      (CHAPTERS). 

The  Ninth  article  of  the  constitution  expresses  the  pur- 
pose of  the  Samband  to  encourage  the  organization  of  local 
societies,  "Samlags,"  with  aims  similar  to  those  of  the  Sam- 
band.  Such  an  organization  was  effected  in  St.  Paul,  Minn., 
Dec.  8,  1903  and  took  the  name,  St.  Paul  Valdris  Samlag. 
Its  first  meeting  was  an  undoubted  success.  There  were 
fourteen  charter  members,  and  the  officers  elected  were 
Chr.  Brandt,  President;  J.  J.  Lomen,  Vice-president;  Tor- 
geir  Hoverstad,  Secretary.  But  the  society  seems  never 
to  have  been  called  together  after  its  organization. 

Through  the  efforts  of  Professor  John  Dahle,  during  a 
visit  at  Grafton  N.  Dak.,  a  Grafton  Valdris  Samlag  was  or- 
ganized at  a  local  reunion  of  Valdrises  on  Dec.  29,  1903, 
with  30  charter  members.  G.  N.  Gulliksen  (Rovang)  was 
elected  president.  How  many  meetings  the  Grafton  chapter 
held  and  how  long  it  maintained  its  activity  is  not  known 
to  the  writer. 

The  Valdrises  of  Millet,  Alberta,  Canada,  and  vicinity  have 
had  several  reunions,  the  first  being  that  of  1908.  Mr.  T.  K. 
Jevne  seems  to  have  been  the  leading  spirit  in  that  local  move- 
ment. 

The  most  vigorous  of  the  local  organizations  has  doubt- 
less been  that  at  Manfred,  N.  Dak.  where  the  Valdrises  of 
that  town  and  vicinity  and  the  nearest  towns  like  Fessen- 
den  and  Harvey,  have  been  meeting  regularly  for  a  dozen 


120 


years  at  Manfred.  Mr.  Thorstein  Roble  has  been  a  leading 
worker  and  has  served  as  president  and  chairman  of  the 
managing  committees. 

The  large  Valdris  community  of  Pope  County,  Minne- 
sota, organized  a  Pope  County  Valdrislag  in  September, 
1914.  In  such  a  large  Valdris  community,  where  they  boast 


BENDIX   HOLDAHL 

that  there  are  more  Valdrises  "than  in  any  other  county," 
the  meetings  have  been  large  and  successful. 

There  is  probably  no  place  more  properly  called  a  cen- 
ter for  Valdrises  than  the  large  Twin  Cities  of  Minnesota. 
It  was  there  that  the  stevne-movement  had  its  inception 
and  all  the  general  Valdris  reunions  but  one,  have  met 


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121 


there.  But  the  career,  or  rather  lack  of  career,  of  the  St. 
Paul  Valdris  Samlag,  is  typical  of  the  outcome  of  efforts  to 
keep  any  permanent  organization  going  in  either  city  or  in 
both  together,  unless  the  lately  organized  Valders  Samlag 
of  Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul  should  prove  enduring.  The 
Valdrises  there  have  had  successful  picnics  and  meetings 
from  time  to  time,  but  all  attempts  at  organizing,  or  keep- 
ing an  organization  up  when  one  has  been  attempted,  have 
proved  unavailing.  This  may  be  due  to  a  total  absence 


PICNIC   TABLE    IN    COMO    PARK 

of  anything  like  clan  feeling  among  Valdrises,  which  the 
writer  in  his  long  and  extensive  intercourse  with  his  bygde- 
kinsfolk  has  never  found  to  exist  as  a  matter  of  fact  out- 
side of  good-natured  banter  and  the  pleasantries  attending 
the  reunions.  Then,  too,  old-country  friends  and  neighbors 
residing  in  the  cities  are  not  so  far  separated  but  that  they 
can  meet  often  enough,  and  in  the  ordinary  comings  and 
goings  they  do  meet  often  enough,  to  satisfy  the  prompt- 
ings of  the  old  fellowship.  And  the  General  Valdrisstevner, 


122  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

it  must  be  remembered,  have  served  to  bring  these  local 
bygde-people  together  not  among  themselves  merely  but 
in  the  larger  annual  reuniting  of  the  whole  bygde-contin- 
gent  of  the  country  in  these  meets.  In  these  considerations 
may  lie  the  true  reason  for  indifferent  success  of  the  local 
Samlag  (or  Chapter)  idea  which  the  founders  of  the  Val- 
dris  Samband  hoped  would  support  and  strengthen  the 
general  movement. 

EXPANSION  OF  THE  STEVNE  IDEA. 

The  first  stevne  was  a  simple  affair  of  an  afternoon,  so 
was  the  second  and  the  third.  But  the  fourth  was  expand- 
ed so  as  to  include  the  evening,  by  the  introduction  of  the 
gjestebjzf.  And  again  the  fifth  marked  a  further  develop- 
ment by  taking  the  preceding  Saturday  evening  for  the 
banquet.  This  was  but  a  necessary  step ;  for  Sunday  was 
not  a  day  suited  to  the  preparation  of  a  banquet  The  ex- 
pansion into  the  two  days  facilitated  further  extensions. 
The  Saturday  afternoon  came  to  be  utilized  for  the  real 
beginning  of  the  informal  meeting  or  visiting,  in  the  ante- 
rooms and  lobbies  of  the  banqueting  hall,  and  as  might  be 
expected,  this  Saturday  visiting  after  some  meetings  came 
to  begin  in  the  forenoon.  So,  too,  the  Sunday  part  of  the  af- 
fairs, originally  beginning  along  about  the  middle  of  the  after ~ 
ternon,  gradually  came  to  include  much  of  the  forenoon ; 
for  such  visitors  as  arrived  on  Sunday  trains  for  participa- 
tion in  the  meeting,  would  come  directly  from  the  trains 
to  the  park,  and  by  nine  or  ten  on  fine  days,  there  would  al- 
ready be  on  the  ground  a  goodly  number  of  greeting,  visit- 
ing strangers.  And  the  different  parts  of  the  expanded 
affairs  became  more  fully  distinct  and  organized  functions. 

After  having  found  Dania  Hall  too  small  for  the  gjes- 
teb0  the  next  banquet  was  conducted  by  a  St.  Paul  commit- 
tee in  Mozart  Hall,  in  1904.  But  the  following  year  Nor- 
manna  Hall,  3rd  St.  and  12th  Ave.,  Minneapolis,  with  its 
greater  space,  was  used.  And  here  were  served  the  ban- 
quets each  year  until  the  hall  was  partly  destroyed  by  fire 


THE   VALDRIS    SAMBAND  123 

in  1909.  That  year  the  committee  on  entertainment  found 
accommodations  in  the  large  hall  of  the  Ark  Lodge,  on 
First  Ave.  and  Thirty-first  St.  There  the  Valdrisgjestebjzf 
was  set  year  after  year  until  1915,  the  last  of  the  reunions 
in  Minneapolis.  Originally  the  short  business  session  was 
held  immediately  on  calling  the  meeting  to  order  in  the  af- 
ternoon in  the  park,  and  the  speaking  and  other  formal  por- 
tion of  the  program  would  follow  But  after  the  Ark  Audi- 


A.    M.    SUNDHEIM,    SECRETARY 


torium  became  the  meeting  place  the  business  session  was 
held  there,  in  the  basement,  on  the  afternoon  preceding  ^he 
banquet.  And  the  further  change  was  made  of  having  the 
oration  given  as  part  of  the  after-dinner  program  in  the 
evening.  And  the  park  meeting  on  Sunday  became  more  of 
a  day  of  an  informal  outing  with  more  time  for  the  visiting 
and  picnicking,  though  addresses  were  usually  given  at 
some  time  in  the  afternoon. 

After  the  banquets  came  to  be  given  regularly  in  Minne- 


124  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

apolis  the  same  committee  on  entertainment  has  had  charge 
from  year  to  year,  and  by  continued  working  together  and 
in  consequence  of  the  experience  gained,  this  committee 
came  to  work  like  the  smoothest  moving  clockwork.  The 
banquets  set  in  the  fine  auditorium  of  the  Ark  Lodge  were 
perfect  in  the  arrangement  and  conduct.  It  is  no  vain 
boast  to  assert  that  no  functions  of  their  kind  ever  ex- 
celled the  Valdrisgjesteb^er  managed  by  this  committee. 
Mr.  M.  A.  Weblen  who  served  as  chairman,  with  A.  M. 
Sundheim,  O.  A.  Hain,  Ole  Rood,  were  the  original  mem- 
bers and  were  joined  later  by  others.  But  doubtless  the 
major  part  of  the  credit  for  the  signal  success,  is  owing  to 
the  wives  of  these  men ;  for  it  was  they  that  put  all  the  re- 
finements into  concrete  form. 

THE  SECRETARIES: — Reference  to  the  "Chronicles"  will 
show  that  Dr.  J.  S.  Johnson  gave  up  the  place  of  secre- 
tary to  Mr.  Sundheim  in  1906,  held  it  again  afterward  a 
year,  but  retired  finally  in  1910,  since  which  time  Mr.  Sund- 
heim has  served  continuously.  The  credit  due  Dr.  John- 
son for  his  untiring  and  efficient  work  during  the  forma- 
tive period  of  the  Samband  can  hardly  be  overestimated 
or  overstated.  The  repeated  reelection  of  Mr.  Sundheim 
to  the  office  is  the  Samband's  concrete  testimonial  to  his 
business-like,  faithful  service. 

THE  HISTORY  COMMITTEE: — At  the  business  session 
of  the  ninth  stevne,  1907,  Lieut.  N.  I.  Gilbert  proposed 
that  a  committee  be  named  to  co-operate  with  the  Styre  hi 
the  matter  of  gathering  historical  and  biographic  data  of 
the  Valdrises  in  America,  and  suggested  that  it  be  com- 
posed of  one  representative  of  each  of  the  six  parishes  of 
Valdris.  The  plan  was  adopted  by  the  meeting,  and  the 
committee  as  finally  constituted  included, 

Nils  I.  Gilbert,  from  East  Slidre,  chairman. 

C.  J.  Heen,  from  Vang. 

Ole  T.  Hamre,  from  West  Slidre. 

Simon  Lee,  from  Etnedalen. 


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125 


Sam  Thompson,  from  North  Aurdal. 
Andrew  Anderson,  from  South  AurdaJ. 

This  committee  sent  out  a  large  number  of  the  bio- 


LIEUT.    NILS    I.   GILBERT 
Chairman,  History  Committee 

graphic  blanks  of  the  Samband  and  wrote  a  large  number 
of  letters.  Though  a  number  of  the  blanks  were  filled  out 
and  returned,  and  form  a  considerable  part  of  the  biographic 


126  THE  VALDRIS  BOOK 

material  in  the  archives,  the  experience  of  this  committee, 
as  well  as  of  the  president  and  others  who  have  busied 
themselves  in  collecting  data  of  our  members,  indicates  that 
very  little  of  any  value  can  be  secured  except  by  personally 
questioning  those  from  whom  the  information  is  sought. 
After  a  brave  effort  on  the  part  of  the  chairman  and  mem- 
bers of  his  committee  they  ceased  their  activity,  having  ac- 
complished all  that  seemed  possible  without  the  command 
of  funds  which  the  Samband  lacked  and  could  not  supply. 

PARISH  TAGS. — It  was  often  difficult  for  old  friends 
to  find  one  another  in  the  throng  at  a  stevne.  The  changes 
wrought  by  decades  of  separation  might  entirely  conceal 
the  identity  of  the  friend  looked  for,  even  if  he  was  known 
to  be  present.  And  there  were  cases  of  former  neighbors, 
and  kinsmen,  having  been  present  at  the  same  stevne,  and 
finding  out  to  their  chagrin  afterward  that  they  had  failed 
to  meet  because  neither  had  recognized  the  other.  In- 
stances of  such  difficulties  having  come  to  the  notice  of 
Mr.  Ole  Jorgens,  he  appealed  to  the  committee  to  devise 
some  way  of  overcoming  the  trouble.  The  plan  worked 
out  by  the  Styre  consisted  of  providing  cardboard  tags,  of 
a  different  color  for  each  parish,  to  be  worn  by  those  attend- 
ing, with  the  wearer's  name  and  address  written  on  his  tag. 
These  parish  tags  were  cut  two  and  a  half  inches  square. 
A  hole  was  punched  near  one  corner  in  such  a  way  that 
the  badge  could  be  suspended  from  an  ordinary  pin  through 
the  hole,  and  the  name  was  written  along  the  horizontal 
diagonal.  The  tag  for  Vang  parish  might  be  white  and 
have  the  name  VANG  printed  in  bold  type  in  the  upper 
part.  That  for  West  Slidre  might  be  blue  with  the  parish 
name  upon  it,  etc.  The  device  proved  a  genuine  success, 
and  has  been  in  use  ever  since  its  introduction  at  the  1908 
stevne. 

SALARY  PROVIDED  FOR  THE  PRESIDENT. 

The  writer  had  been  kept  continuously  in  the  office  of 
president  of  the  Samband  since  its  organization  by  reelec- 
tion from  year  to  year.  The  work  connected  with  the  office 


THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  127 

had  a  tendency  to  increase,  and  in  particular,  editing  and 
looking  after  the  publication  of  the  Helsing,  took  a  good 
deal  of  his  time  which  he  could  ill  spare  from  his  personal 
affairs  without  neglecting  them.  He  therefore  had  let  his 
colleagues  of  the  Styre  know  that  he  would  decline  a  reelec- 
tion if  offered,  at  the  1909  stevne.  Members  of  the  Styre 
and  a  few  others,  who  took  special  interest  in  the  affairs 
of  the  Samband,  then  met  in  St.  Paul  on  the  day  before 
the  date  of  the  stevne  and  deliberated  on  some  action.  They 
decided  to  head  a  movement  to  raise  money  to  pay  the 
president  a  salary,  for  the  ensuing  year  if  he  would  continue 
to  serve,  as  president  and  editor.  And  starting  a  subscrip- 
tion for  this  purpose,  they  secured  during  the  stevne  and 
later  by  mail,  a  sum  to  which  the  Samband  added  some 
funds  in  its  treasury,  to  make  up  compensation  to  him  for 
the  time  to  be  spent  in  continuing  to  serve  for  the  year 
1909-10.  Under  the  circumstances  he  could  hardly  do 
otherwise  than  accept  this  practical  approval  of  his  past 
work,  although  he  was  well  aware  that  by  so  doing  he 
virtually  obligated  himself  to  continue  to  serve  as  long  as 
he  might  be  able  to  fulfill  future  mandates  of  the  society. 

X 

THE  MAGAZINE   "SAMBAND." 

To  the  1910  stevne  the  .president  submitted  a  report  on 
the-  society's  publication,  Valdris  Helsing.  This  had  then 
continued  to  appear  regularly  every  quarter  for  seven  years. 
And  it  did  not  seem  likely  that  the  list  of  subscribers,  i.  e. 
members,  could  be  much  further  increased  among  the  limit- 
ed number  of  people  to  whom  it  specially  appealed ;  but 
rather  that  in  this  restricted  field  there  was  small  hope, 
that  beyond  barely  paying  the  cost  of  publication,  there 
would  be  left  any  balance  to  pay  any  one  for  time  spent  on 
getting  it  out.  Mention  was  made  of  a  suggestion  that  had 
been  offered  both  by  members  and  by  outsiders,  that  an  or- 
gan for  the  whole  bygdelag  movement  might  count  on  so 
much  larger  circulation  as  to  insure  its  financial  success. 
A  short  discussion  terminated  in  a  vote  authorizing  the  ex- 


128  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

pansion  of  the  quarterly,  Helsing,  into  a  monthly,  at  an  in- 
creased subscription  price,  and  offering  the  use  of  the  pub- 
lication to  the  sister  organizations,  the  bygdelags,  as  an  or- 
gan for  the  whole  movement.  At  the  same  time  it  was  de- 
cided that  the  name  should  be  changed  to  SAMBAND. 
In  order  to  furnish  the  needed  financial  support  of  Sam- 


OLE   A.    MAIN 
Secretary  Samband    Publ.  Ass'n. 

band  until  the  hoped  for  increased  circulation  might  render 
it  self-supporting,  a  number  of  members  subscribed  money, 
in  varying  amounts,  toward  a  Salary  Fund  (for  the  com- 
pensation of  the  editor).  To  simplify  the  conduct  of  the 
publication  these  men  formed  the  Samband  Publishing  As- 
sociation, with  the  president  of  the  Valdris  Samband  as 
president  and  editor  and  O.  A.  Hain  secretary  and  treas- 


THE   VALDRIS    SAMBAND  129 

urer.  Harold  Thorson  and  Bendix  Holdahl  contributed  a 
good  half  of  the  fund.  The  remainder  was  made  up  by  Ed- 
ward Nelson,  O.  A  Veblen,  Ole  Rood,  M.  A.  Weblen,  T.  A. 
Hoverstad,  Dr.  Nils  Remmen,  H.  A.  Bjorgo,  O.  S.  Hedahl, 
Dr.  J.  S.  Johnson,  M.  A.  Lukken,  and  T.  O.  Roble. 

The  first  issue  of  Samband  was  that  of  November,  1910. 
Being  a  continuation  of  Valdris  Helsing,  of  which  thirty 
numbers  had  been  published,  this  issue  of  Samband  was 
given  the  number  31.  Beginning  with  a  thousand  on  its 
list  in  1910,  the  magazine  gained  steadily  until  at  the  out- 
break of  the  World  War,  in  1914,  it  was  mailed  to  1450  ad- 
dresses. From  this  time  forward  it  held  its  own,  but  slight- 
ly declined  in  number  of  subscribers  after  our  country  en- 
tered the  war.  Owing  to  the  constantly  increasing  cost  of 
publication  and  the  increasing  difficulty  of  retaining  old 
subscribers  and  the  greater  difficulty  of  replacing  with  new 
ones  those  that  ceased  from  various  causes,  the  publish- 
ing of  Samband  became  more  and  more  a  matter  of  sacrifice 
on  the  part  of  the  manager  and  editor,  until  in  November, 
1917,  when  seven  volumes  had  been  completed,  he  found 
himself  compelled  to  suspend  the  publication. 

It  is  true  that  no  little  amount  of  money  was  spent  in 
support  of  the  Helsing  and  Samband,  and  a  great  deal  of 
time  and  effort  were  sacrificed  by  the  editor,  and  by  the 
many  contributors  who  wrote  all  that  these  periodicals 
contained  without  getting  any  compensation.  And  yet,  to 
have  published  them  must  be  considered  an  achievment  of 
the  Valdris  Samband  that  it  has  been  well  worth  while  to 
carry  through,  and  which  will  ever  stand  as  a  fine  monu- 
ment to  its  activity.  The  seven  years  of  the  Helsing  left 
1280  pages.  The  seven  volumes  of  Samband  contain  '4538 
pages  altogether.  A  very  small  portion  of  all  this  has  been 
selected  from  other  sources,  but  almost  the  entire  total  of 
5838  pages  is  original  matter,  produced  especially  for  these 
publications.  Nearly  one  half,  2700  pages,  is  American 
pioneer  history  that  has  been  most  carefully  gathered,  com- 
piled, and  written.  As  for  the  other  half,  there  is  indeed 


130  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

very  little  of  it  which  is  not  of  lasting  value  and  which  will 
not  be  worth  searching  by  students  in  time  to  come.  If 
the  Valdris  Samband  had  nothing  else  than  the  files  of 
these  two  publications  to  show  for  all  its  efforts,  this  would 
of  itself  fully  justify  the  bygdelag  activity  of  the  Valdrises  in 
the  twenty  one  years  since  their  first  stevne. 

THE  SAMBAND  AND  THE  1914  CELEBRATION. 

The  Samband  continued  to  enjoy  successful  activity 
through  the  years  till  the  centenary  of  Norway's  constitu- 
tion was  celebrated  under  the  auspices  of  the  bygdelags  in 
1914.  The  banquets  were  models  of  functions  of  that  kind, 
and  the  open  air  meetings  in  Como  Park  continued  to  claim 
the  interest  with  which  they  had  always  been  regarded. 
Through  its  representative  in  the  annual  councils  of  the 
bygdelags  the  Samband  played  a  helpful  and  honorable 
part.  When  the  time  of  the  celebration  was  approaching 
and  the  festival  committee  was  seeking  funds  for  its  enter- 
prise, the  Samband  was  one  of  the  sixteen  lags  that  con- 
tributed cash  guarantees  as  part  of  the  expense  fund  of  the 
committee,  and  through  some  of  its  generous  members 
furnished  a  sum  of  $728.  which  was  several  times  the 
amount  paid  in  by  other  lags,  except  the  Telelag,  which  in 
a  similar  manner  advanced  a  much  larger  sum.  During 
the  two  or  three  months  just  before  the  festival,  the  Val- 
drises resident  in  the  Twin  Cities  held  several  large  meet- 
ings by  means  of  which  much  aid  and  encouragement  were 
afforded  the  general  17th  of  May  committee  And  to  the 
appeal  of  this  committee  for  general  participation  in  the 
loan  exhibition  of  the  celebration,  the  Samband  member- 
ship, as  the  writer  had  the  best  possible  means  of  knowing, 
made  a  more  extensive  display  than  any  other  single  lag, 
and  in  the  collection'  of  photographs  of  homes,  farms,  per- 
sons, etc.,  the  Samband  far  outnumbered  the  other  lags. 
This  loyal  support  given  the  general  committee  on  this 
occasion  by  his  fellow  lagsmen  was  of  course  very  gratify- 
ing to  its  chairman. 


THE   VALDRIS   SAMBAND  131 

The  Samband  meeting  on  May  16,  1914,  which  took 
place  simultaneously  with  the  meetings  of  all  the  lags  that 
time,  was  held  in  the  west  half  of  the  Dairy  Building  on 
the  State  Fair  ground.  That  year  the  most  of  the  leading 
men  of  the  Hallinglag  were  in  Norway  participating  in  the 
festivities  there,  and  the  president  of  the  Hallings  entrusted 


THE    STYRE,    1914 
Ole  Rood.     M.  A.  Weblen.    O.  A.  Main 
A.   M.  Sundheim.     A.  A.  Veblen.     A.   H.   Gjevre 

the  Styre  of  the  Samband  with  the  matter  of  securing  a 
meeting  place  for  his  lag.  This  the  Valdrises  did  in  most 
brotherly  fashion,  by  obtaining  for  it  the  other  half  of  the 
Dairy  Building,  an  exact  duplicate  of  their  own  quarters. 
And  they  provided  flags  for  display  on  the  Hailing  side  of 
the  building  just  as  for  their  own,  and  provided  a  legend 


132  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

or  sign  over  their  entrance  which  was  an  exact  counter- 
part of  that  over  their  own  door.  This  little  incident  is  re- 
corded here  because  it  is  typical  of  the  hospitable  practice 
of  the  Samband  in  all  its  relations  with  its  younger  sisters 
of  the  bygdelag  family. 

THE  VALDRISGAVE. 

In  addition  to  transacting  the  usual  routine  business 
of  the  annual  stevne,  this  meeting  of  May  16,  1914,  deliber- 
ated upon  the  question  whether  the  Samband  should,  as  a 
number  of  the  lags  had  done  or  were  doing,  raise  a  fund  to 
be  presented  to  the  old  home  bygds  as  a  memorial  gift 
from  Valdrises  in  America.  The  decision  of  the  meeting 
was  to  the  effect  that  such  a  gift  fund  should  be  solicit- 
ed, and  the  president  was  directed  to  name  one  member 
from  each  of  the  six  parishes,  or  Herreder,  of  Valdris,  to 
constitute  the  committee  in  charge  of  the  work,  himself  to 
be  chairman  of  the  committee  as  a  seventh  member.  An 
extra  or  special  stevne  was  held  the  following  September, 
and  at  that  meeting  rules  for  the  memorial  gift,  or  "Val- 
drisgave"  were  adopted  and  the  organization  of  the  com- 
mittee was  completed. 

Its  membership  and  the  regulations  adopted  are  here 
given: 

From  North  Aurdal,  A.  M.  Sundheim,  Treasurer;  from 
West  Slidre,  I.  O.  Hovey,  Secretary ;  from  S.  Aurdal,  L.  C. 
Goplerud;  from  Etnedalen,  Johannes  Anderson;  from  East 
Slidre, 'T.  O.  Roble;  from  Vang,  C.  J.  Heen;  Member  at 
large  and  chairman,  A.  A.  Veblen. 

The  regulations  provide:  l.That  the  collection  is  to  be 
so  conducted  that  the  contributions  to  each  parish  in  Val- 
dris shall  be  kept  separate,  each  donor  deciding  to  which 
parish  his  contribution  is  to  be  credited. 

2.  That  each  contributor  state  to  what  object  he  wishes 
his  gift  applied. 

3.  That  the  amounts  collected  are  to  be  transmitted  to 
the   different   parishes    (or   herreder),   to   constitute  a  per- 


THE   VALDRIS   SAMBAND  133 

manent  fund.  The  Herredstyre  shall  administer  the  funds 
and  apply  the  income  therefrom  in  their  discretion,  but 
shall  duly  consider  the  expressed  wish  of  the  donors. 

The  war  in  Europe  after  a  while  began  to  affect  the 
times  here  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  the  raising  of  the 
Valdrisgave  fund  more  and  more  difficult,  and  after  our 
county's  entry  into  the  struggle  the  soliciting  of  con- 
tributions ceased.  With  the  sum  of  about  five  thousand 
dollars  which  had  been  collected,  the  committee  bought 
Liberty  bonds,  which  were  held  by  the  committee  until  the 
fall  of  1919,  when  the  fund  was  placed  on  deposit  in  a 
bank  in  Christiania,  to  await  the  mandate  of  the  stevne  in 
1920  as  to  the  final  action  in  the  matter.  Of  course  it  is 
understood  that  during  the  war,  conditions  were  such  as  to 
preclude  final  disposal  of  the  gift  according  to  the  plans  as 
first  conceived. 

THE  GLENWOOD  STEVNE. — Up  to  the  year  1916  the 
Valdris  reunions  had  all'  been  held  in  the  Twin  Cities. 
The  other  bygdelags  have  pursued  a  policy  of  holding  their 
meetings  in  different  places  of  the  Northwest,  accepting  in- 
vitations from  centers  where  their  people  could  afford  good 
local  assistance  in  the  preparations  and  help  to  entertain 
the  large  numbers  attending.  Having  in  1916  received  a 
very  cordial  invitation  from  the  strong  local  Samlag,  the 
Pope  County  Valdrislag,  to  hold  the  annual  meeting  at 
Glenwood,  Minn,  the  Styre  decided  to  depart  from  the  long 
established  practice  of  convening  the  stevne  at  the  Twin 
Cities,  and  accepted  the  Glenwood  invitation.  Many  bygde- 
lag  meetings  had  been  held  at  Glenwood  and  the  facilities 
for  taking  care  of  such  affairs  were  known  to  be  good.  But 
the  meeting  of  the  Samband  there  on  June  22  and  23  seem- 
ed to  tax  the  capacity  of  the  place  to  the  limit.  In  order  to 
be  sure  of  sufficiently  abundant  appointments  for  the  Val- 
drisgjesteb0,  the  committee  bought  a  supply  of  dishes  and 
tableware  to  supplement  what  could  be  obtained  at  home, 
and  the  preparations  were  all  on  a  scale  hardly  equalled 
previously.  Of  course  the  meeting  was  taken  care  of  very 


134  THE   VALDRIS  BOOK 

well,  but  the  event  proved  that  the  extra  efforts  made  were 
fully  needed. 

For  the  Gjesteb^  in  the  pavilion  by  the  lake,  Minnewaska, 
plates  had  been  laid  for  considerably  more  than  six  hundred 
guests.  All  places  were  rilled,  and  some  had  to  wait  for  a 
second  setting.  Professor  Dahle  officiated  in  his  usual  ca- 
pacity of  toastmaster,  and  the  affair  was  in  all  respects  up 
to  the  traditional  standard  set  by  the  long  line  of  Valdris 
banquets.  The  two  day  stevne  was  very  successful,  which 
was  of  course  in  large  measure  owing  to  the  participation 
of  hundreds  of  Valdrises  residing  in  the  tributary  district 
in  the  vicinity.  But  it  is  no  disparagement  of  Glenwood 
hospitality  to  say  that  for  affairs  of  such  magnitude  as  a 
national  Valdrisstevne  usually  proves  to  be,  such  a  popu- 
lous center  as  Minneapolis  is  better  equipped  to  act  as  host. 

THE  SAMBAND  AND  THE  WAR. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Board  in  1917  it  was  de- 
cided to  omit  the  usual  annual  stevne  for  the  year  because 
of  the  country's  participation  in  the  World  War.  The  use 
of  the  funds  of  the  Valdrisgave  in  buying  Liberty  bonds 
has  been  mentioned,  and  the  Valdrises,  generally,  were  ab- 
sorbed in  such  patriotic  endeavor  as  good  citizens  joined 
in  furthering.  So,  as  the  critical  times  only  deepened  in 
seriousness,  the  Styre  early  in  1918  announced  that  the 
stevne  for  that  year  also  would  be  omitted,  and  all  Sam- 
band  activity  was  held  in  abeyance,  awaiting  the  return  of 
peace.  The  president  of  the  Samband  had  in  1917  removed 
his  residence  to  a  distant  part  of  the  country,  and  it  is  a 
source  of  regret  to  him  that  his  participation  with  the  Styre, 
in  the  management  of  Samband  matters,  has  necessarily 
been  limited  to  the  cumbersome  method  of  correspondence 
at  a  great  distance  away  and  has  been  less  helpful  than  he 
wished  it  might  be. 

For  the  year  1919  the  Styre  did  not  come  to  an  agree- 
ment regarding  convening  a  meeting  of  the  Samband ;  but 
the  local  Samlag  of  Valdrises  of  the  twin  cities,  arranged 


THE   VALDRIS   SAMBAND  135 

a  stevne  in  Minneapolis  in  September,  which  to  some  ex- 
tent assumed  the  nature  of  a  general  stevne  and  was  at- 
tended by  many  of  those  who  usually  come  to  the  regular 
Samband  meetings. 

The  president,  with  evidently  full  approval  of  the  mem- 
bership of  the  Samband,  has  been  making  efforts  toward 
compiling  a  list  of  the  young  people  of  Valdris  lineage 
who  entered  the  country's  service  in  the  war.  The  result  of 
his  work  in  this  regard  is  embodied  in  the  list  of  Valdris 
service  people  forming  one  of  the  chapters  of  this  book.  A 
large  number  of  members  and  other  Valdrises  have  very 
kindly  assisted  in  this  movement  which  aims  to  do  some 
little  honor  to  the  men  and  women  that  answered  the  call 
of  duty. 

While  some  of  the  lags  have  been  carrying  on  their  ac- 
tivities during  the  war,  doing  "business  as  usual,"  and  hold- 
ing meetings  annually,  a  majority  of  the  lags  have  sus- 
pended their  activity,  at  least  omitting  their  meetings 
while  the  country  was  at  war.  The  Executive  Board  of 
the  Valdris  Samband  have  from  patriotic  considerations 
decided  that  it  was  right  to  suspend  the  ordinary  activity 
of  the  society  until  peace  should  be  established.  In  this 
they  have  been  loyally  upheld  by  the  membership  in  gen- 
eral. No  utterance  of  disapproval  of  their  course  has  been 
heard. 

It  is  hoped  that  the  Stevne  called  to  meet  in  Minne- 
apolis on  June  18th,  1920,  will  mark  the  resumption  of  an 
activity  of  no  less  usefulness  and  no  smaller  honor  than  has 
distinguished  the  kinship  movement  of  the  Valdrises  since 
their  first  stevne  twenty -one  years  ago. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND 

THE  LIST  OF  MEMBERS  is  intended  to  include  all  who 
have  identified  themselves  with  the  Valdris  Samband. 
After  the  first  year  of  the  organization,  that  is  since  the 
publication  of  the  Helsing  began,  the  process  of  becom- 
ing a  member  included  becoming  a  subscriber  to  the  paper. 
The  act  of  subscribing  was  what  brought  one  into  touch 
with  the  Samband,  and  at  the  same  time  it  made  him  a 
member  if  he  was  eligible,  which  he  was  of  course  if  of 
Valdris  nativity  or  descent  or  married  to  a  Valdris.  It 
happened  in  rare  instances  that  a  super-conscientious  Val- 
dris would  not  wish  to  assume  the  responsibilities  of  mem- 
bership, while  he  would  like  to  receive  the  Helsing.  In 
such  cases  the  name  would  go  on  the  list  of  "subscribers," 
which  contained  the  names  of  such  as  were  ineligible  (or 
unwilling)  to  be  members  but  wished  to  read  and  support 
the  paper.  But  it  grew  to  be  the  practice  and  rule  that  a 
Valdris  who  paid  for  the  Helsing  expected  to  be  regarded 
a  member  and  such  a  one  was  invariably  so  enrolled.  When 
the  expansion  of  the  Helsing  into  Samband  took  place,  the 
same  rule  and  practice  continued  to  prevail.  The  number 
of  non-Valdris  subscribers  after  that  time  became  much 
larger,  of  course ;  but  the  standing  of  those  eligible  to  member- 
ship was  not  placed  on  a  different  basis  by  the  change  in  the 
name  and  aims  of  the  organ  of  the  society. 

It  is  a  provision  of  th&  laws  of  the  Samband  that 
members  should  be  asked  to  file  a  personal  and  family  rec- 
ord, and  for  approximately  one  third  of  the  members  such 
records  have  been  furnished  upon  the  blank 'provided  for 
that  purpose.  From  the  remaining  two  thirds  no  records 
have  been  obtained,  except  in  so  far  as  their  eligibility  has 


THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND  137 

in  some  manner  been  ascertained.  Among  all  those  that 
subscribed  were  many  of  whom  nothing  was  known  as  to 
their  eligibility  to  membership ;  such  are  of  course  not 
counted  in  the  following  list.  If  it  includes  any  but  such 
as  of  right  belong  there,  because  of  their  Valdris  connection 
the  errors  are  due  to  misinformation  and  are  believed  to  be 
very  few. 

The  compiler  of  the  list  has  reason  to  fear  that  not  a 
few  may  be  disappointed  because  their  names  do  not  appear 
upon  it.  He  refers  here  to  a  number  of  persons  who  often, 
even  regularly,  came  to  the  meetings,  participated  in  the 
banquets  and  the  other  functions  of  the  reunions,  but  never 
paid  any  dues  nor  even  subscribed  to  the  paper.  It  often 
came  to  his  knowledge  that  these  men  were  enthusiastic 
Valdrises,  who  spoke  approvingly  of  "our"  lag,  "our" 
gjesteb^,  and  "our  paper"  (though  not  even  being  sub- 
scribers). It  is  not  improbable  that  some,  at  least,  con- 
sidered themselves  virtually,  if  not  in  fact,  as  being  mem- 
bers, and  looked  on  such  a  formality  as  entering  one's  name 
"on  a  list"  or  subscribing  to  a  paper,  as  a  really  unessen- 
tial detail.  To  them  the  great,  outstanding  fact  was  that 
they  were  Valdrises  and  approved  of  the  Samband  and 
spent  of  their  time  and  money  to  come  to  the  reunions.  If 
it  were  not  for  the  really  serious  element  in  this  situation, 
this  matter  would  not  be  mentioned  here;  but  it  is  a  fact 
that  in  the  whole  bygdelag  movement,  the  same  loose  and 
informal  relations  of  bygde-people  to  the  lags  has  played  a 
much  larger  part  than  the  uninitiated  will  readily  believe. 
Not  Valdrises  alone,  but  those  from  other  districts  have 
the  same  tendency  to  regard  their  connection  with  a  lag  a 
matter  of  fraternal  sentiment  and  taken-for-granted  loyalty, 
that  needs  not  the  seal  of  formality  to  attest  it. 

An  incident  that  goes  to  show  how  the  financial  support 
of  such  an  organization  as  a  bygdelag  is  looked  on  as  a 
trivial  detail,  received  a  good  deal  of  airing  in  the  press  a 
few  years  since.  The  secretary  of  one  of  the  lags,  believ- 
ing that  while  doing  the  work  of  his  office  at  the  sacrifice 


138  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

of  much  valuable  time  he  should  be  reimbursed  for  at  least 
some  of  the  money  outlays  that  he  had  met,  took  steps  to 
collect  fees  and  subscriptions  long  past  due.  For  this  a 
storm  of  censure  rained  down  upon  his  devoted  head.  The 
attempt  to  "collect  a  few  paltry  dollars  for  his  bygde-so- 
ciety"  was  characterized  as  a  "blow  in  the  face  of  every  one 
in  this  whole  country"  from  that  bygde-district.  It  is  seen 
that  it  was  thought  an  offense  against  such  as  had  failed 
to  meet  the  obligations  of  membership  as  well  as  an  affront 
to  all  those  that  were  qualified  to  be  members  but  were  do- 
ing nothing  further  than  just  feeling  interested. 

The  biographic  blank  upon  which  members  have  been 
asked  to  record  their  family  data,  contains  28  questions  to 
be  answered.  A  number  of  these  blanks,  now  in  the  ar- 
chives, have  been  fully  and  minutely  filled  out;  others  only 
partly  so,  and  some  very  indifferently.  Summaries  made 
out  from  the  information  thus  available  accompany  the 
names  in  the  membership  list.  The  data  thus  summarized 
are  such  as  the  time  of  immigration,  name  of  husband  or 
wife,  and  the  names  of  parents  and  grandparents,  and  where 
they  came  from  and  the  name  of  the  farm  or  gaard.  Where 
such  a  summary  does  not  accompany  a  name  the  reason  is 
that  the  information  is  not  a  matter  of  record  in  the  Sam- 
band  archives.  Such  other  details  included  in  the  28  ques- 
tions as  the  dates  of  birth  and  marriage,  names  of  the  chil- 
dren, brothers  and  sisters,  church  affiliation,  and  some  oth- 
er facts  that  are  told  in  the  filled  out  blanks,  which  are  in 
the  archives,  did  not  seem  such  matters  of  public  concern  as 
to  require  their  publication  in  this  connection.  But  the 
data  included  in  the  summaries  are  such  as  should  help  in  iden- 
tifying or  establishing  the  family  connection  of  the  mem- 
ber, which  the  compiler  of  the  list  regarded  as  the  chief  ob- 
ject to  be  furthered. 

Mainly  through  the  activity  of  the  History  Committee 
of  1907,  '08,  and  '09  some  ninety  "biographies"  of  others 
than  members  were  collected.  These  have  been  summar- 
ized in  the  same  manner,  but  an  asterisk  (*)  has  been  plac- 


THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND  139 

ed  before  each  name  to  distinguish  it  from  those  of  the 
members. 

THE  MEMBERSHIP  LIST. 

THE  CONTRACTIONS  employed  for  the  saving  of  space 
are  such  as  to  be  easily  understood.  The  dates  imme- 
diately following  the  address  givef  the  duration  of  mem- 
bership, as  04-09  means  1904  to  1909.  Am  78,  came  to 
America  1878.  Fa,  Mo,  Par,  S  o,  D  o,  Md,  Bro,  mean  fath- 
er, mother,  parents,  son  of,  daughter  of,  married,  brother. 
An  asterisk  (*)  after  a  name,  means  refer  to  that  name. 
And.  as  explained,  an  asterisk  (*)  before  a  name  means,  not 
a  member.  (?)  indicates  doubt  about  the  information  in 
regard  the  person  named.  Such  abbreviations  as  E.  Slidre, 
for  East  Slidre,  etc.,  will  be  understood  without  any  spe- 
cial explanation.  Addresses  are  those  latest  given  or  ascer- 
tained. 

Anders  Aaberg  Canton  S  D  1908-12. 

*Anders  A  Aaberg  (Revlingseie)  Am  76.  Md  Ragnild 
Bjorgoeie.  Fa  Anders  G  Landmark.  Mo  Olea  0ste- 
gaard. 

Prof  Arne  O  Aaberg  Glenwood  Minn  04-09.  Fa  Ole  An- 
derson Aaberg*  Mo  Guri  Knudsd  Dokken.  Ed  Univ  of 
Minn.  Principal  Glenwood  Academy — Died  March  8, 
1909. 

Engebret  E  Aaberg  Lakeview  Wash  02 —  Am  78.     Md 
Anne  T  Roto.     Fa  Engebret  s  b  Ole  Olsen  &  Kari  Rus- 
ten.     Mo  Astri  d  o  Tidemand  T  &  Anne  Nilsebraaten. 
Ed  Augsburg  Sem  &  Willmar. 
H  K  Aaberg  Stanton  Nebr  04 — 

*Knud  K  Aaberg  Starbuck  Minn  Am  86.  Md  Joren  Thar- 
aldson.  Fa  Knud  S  Astribraaten  s  o  Syver  &  Sigri  Bren- 
den.  Mo  Ingri  d  o  Amund  &  Anne  Brattebraaten. 
*Knud  S  Aaberg  Manitowoc  Wis  Am  48.  Md.  Marit 
Throndsd  Dokken,  R0n,  dd  Jan  6,  '10.  Fa  Syver  Jensen 
Halden  s  o  Jens  Aslaksen  &  Sonneva  Knudsd.  Mo  Marit 
d  o  Arne  Throndsen  &  Randi  Thidemandsd  Dokken. 


140  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Olaf  Aaberg  St  Hilaire  Minn  12-17 

Ole  Aaberg  Webster  S  D  16-17 

Ole  A  Aaberg  Roy  Wash  06-13  Md  Guri  d  o  Knud  Ander- 
sen and  Randi  Tidemandsd  Dokken.  S  o  Arne  Store- 
braaten  and  Anne  Aaberg. 

Mrs  Ole  Aaskjer  Toronto  S  D  04-11 

Rev  I  T  Aastad  Thief  River  Falls  Minn  07-15 

Knut  K  Aastad  Granite  Falls  Minn  03 —  Am  68.  Md  Louisa 
Groven.  Fa  Knut  K  Rjzfe  Vang.  Mo  Marit  Gulbrandsd 
N0rre  0ie 

O  A  Abrahamson  Bloomer  Wis  13-15 

Arne  J  Akervold  Minneapolis  02 —  Am  89  Md  Anne  Eriksd. 
Fa  Jul  s  o  Helge  Monsen  Akervold  and  Berit  Syversd 
Nes.  Mo  Ingri  d  o  Syver  Knudsen  Nes  and  Kari  Nilsd 
Saalsaabo 

Helge  J  Akervold  Minneapolis  02  — Am  80  Md  Kari  Nilsd 
Nordstrand.  Bro  A  J  Akervold. 

Arne  Albertson  Kensett  la  04-15  Am  52.  Md  Sigri  Nilsd 
Berget.  Fa  Anders  Olsen  Ingemoen  s  o  Ole  A  &  Anne 
G  Stensrud. 

Mrs  Fr  Aim  Seattle  Wash  12-16. 

A  Amundson  Starbuck  Minn  06-11. 

A  Amundson  Manvel  N  D  13 — 

Ole  Amundson  Noonan  N  D  14-15. 

*Sven  Amundson  (Fossen  Braateneie)  Clontarf  Minn  Am 
85.  Md  Ingeborg  Haugen.  Fa  Amund  s  o  Sven  &  Kari 
Pladsen  Maanumseie.  Mo  Ingeborg  d  o  J0rn  &  Anne 
Berge. 

Albert  Anderson  Roy  Wash  06-16. 

Andrew  Anderson  Juneberry  Minn  14 — 

Andrew  Anderson  (Skinningsrud)  Black  Earth  Wis  08-17 
Am  57.  Md  Kari  Bakke.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Anders  Olsen 
Aasli  &  Thora  Mikkelsd  Sukke.  Mo  Gjertrud  d  o  Paul 
0stensen  Landsendhaugen  &  Olaug  Christensd  Skin- 
ningsrud. 

A  B  Anderson  Brandt  S  D  04— 

Anders  J  Anderson  Cottonwood  Minn  05 — 


THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND  141 

Arne  O  Anderson  Glencoe  Minn  13-16. 

A  W  Anderson  Whitehall  Wis  02  Am  54.  Died  '02.  Md 
Julia  Peterson  (Guri  Huset).  Fa  Gulbrand  s  o  Anders 
&  Gunhild  Ruud,  S  Aurdal.  Mo  Ingeborg  d  o  Bjorn 
Fladjzfdegaarden  &  Guri  B0e. 

Carl  Anderson  Everett  Wash  11-13  (?) 

Christ  Anderson  (Skinningsrud)  Klevenville  Wis  09 — 

C  Anderson  Canby  Minn  12-14. 

Edgar  Anderson  «frary  N  D  12 —  S  o  Erick  Anderson 
(Rudi)  &  Larina  Nilsd  Katterud. 

Engvald  Anderson  St  Paul  Minn  02-09. 

Erick  E  Anderson  Roy  Wash  04-15. 

G  A  Anderson  Montevideo  Minn  09-11. 

Mrs  Geo  Anderson  Everett  Wash  10-16  Am  69.  fr  Skraut- 
vaal. 

Gilbert  Anderson  Juneberry  Minn  04-16  Am  81.  Md  Siri 
Iverson,  (Gulbrand).  Fa  Anders  Ten^en  s  o  Ole  Grav- 
braaten,  &  Marit,  Nes  Aadalen  Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Gul- 
brand &  Guri  Skytterud — Dead. 

G  J  Anderson  Algoma  Wis  05 —  Am  67.  Md  Dordei  Nilsd 
Braaten,  dd.  (Gulbrand  Andersen  J^rstad,  Volbu).  Fa 
Anders  s  o  Gulbrand  Gulbrandsen  Onstad  &  Marit  Olsd 
Nordre  Skattebu.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Jens  Syverson  J^rstad 
&  Ingeborg  Olsd. 

Gudmund  Anderson  (Gryte)  Hills  Minn  02 —  Civ  War  Vet. 

Gulbrand  Anderson  Brandt  S  D  10-11. 

H  O  Anderson  Northwood  la  11 — 

Henry  S  Anderson  Park  River  N  D  CM —  Am  50.  (Andreas 
Syverson  Skavelhuset).  Fa  Syver  Andersen  Skavelhuset. 
Mo  Marit  d  o  Andreas  Andersen  &  Anna  Julsd  Nordaker. 
Md  1,  Marit  K  Lyseng  2  Julia  Gilbertson. 

Iver  Anderson  Englund  Minn  04-05.  Fa  Gulbrand  Ander- 
son Ten0en  s  o  Anders  Olsen  &  Ragnild  Gulbrandsd. 
Mo  Siri  d  o  Iver  Olsen  &  Olaug  Baardsd.  (See  Gilbert 
A). 

Johannes  Anderson  (Stamperstuen)  Cottonwood  Minn  04 — 

Johannes  Anderson  Fergus  Falls  Minn  09-10 — Dead. 


142  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

K  K  Anderson  Tacoma  Wash  06 — 

Knud  Anderson  Grand  Forks  N  D  13-14. 

Knut  Anderson  (Johmen)  Kathryn  N  D  03— 

Lewis  A  Anderson  Madison  Wis  08 —  Fa  Chr  Anderson 
(Skinningsrud).  Ed  U  of  Wis.  Ins  Actuary. 

*Ole  Anderson  Maynard  Minn  Am  35.  Md  Gudve  Amundsd 
Byst01.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Knut  Halvorsen  S  Oio,  Vang  & 
Marit.  Mo  Martha  d  o  Ole  Christoffersen  Berge  & 
Dorthe  Ostensd  Klokkerhaugen,  Vang. 

Ole  Andreas  Anderson  Decorah  la  04-10  Am  50.  Md  Mary 
Hanson.  S  o  Lensm  Johannes  Anderson  &  Anne  Brandt 
Lieut  Civ  War— Died  Jan  29  1910. 

Ole  P  Anderson  Fessenden  N  D  11-15. 

Otto  Anderson  Manfred  N  D  10-16. 

Paul  Anderson  (Skinningsrud)  Dows  la  02-06. 

Peter  M  Anderson  Washington  D  C  11—  Fa  Chr  Ander- 
son (Skinningsrud).  Mo  Marit  Lien.  Lt  Col  Eng  Corps, 
World  War. 

Mrs  R  J  Anderson,  St  Paul  Minn  05-06. 

Mrs  Sarah  Anderson  Juneberry  Minn  16 —  (Siri  Iverson, 
wid  of  Gilbert  Anderson). 

Sever  Anderson  (Anmarkrud)  Eleva  Wis  03 — 

Sven  Anderson  Farmington  Minn  04-10  (fr  Hadeland). 

Thosten  Anderson  (Thorstad)  Amherst  Wis  03.  Md  Em- 
ma Kval.  S  o  Anders  Knutsen  Torstad  &  Randi  Tronsd 
—Dead. 

Mrs  P  Aiming  Elmore  Minn  09-14. 

A  E  Arneson  Mt  Horeb  Wis  02-16  Am  50.  Md  Mary  An- 
derson. (Anders  Arnesen  Ruste  S  Aurdal).  S  o  Arne  El- 
lensen  Bruflat  &  Siri  Andersd  Klifgaard.  Civ  war  Vet. 
Bro  Allen  Arneson. 

Allen  Arneson  Mt  Horeb  Wis  08-16  Am  50.  Md  Ingeborg 
E  A  Slimso  (Erland  Arnesen  Ruste).  Fa  Arne  s  o  Er- 
land  Arnesen  Bruflat  &  Marit.  Mo  Siri  d  o  Anders  Klev- 
gaard  &  Anne.  Civ  war  vet. 

Andrew  Arneson  Pinecreek  Minn  04-11  Am  88.  (Etnedal- 
en). 


THE    MEMBERS    OP   THE   VALDRIS    SAMBAND  143 

Arne  Arneson  Sawyer  Wis  03 —  Am  67.  Md  Anna  Olsd 
Viste.  Fa  Arne  Knudsen  Rudlangseie,  Ulnes.  Mo  Marit 
Olsd  Sundem. 

*Knut  Aslagson  (Rugbraaten)  Starbuck  Minn  Am  68.  Md 
Betsey  Torgerson.  Fa  Aslag  s  o  Haldor  &  Dorte  Ny- 
braaten.  Mo  Ingri  d  o  Haldor  &  J0ren  Klaigar. 

*John  Aslagson  (Rugbraaten)  Starbuck  Minn  Am  68.  Md 
Belle  Anderson.  Bro  Knut  A*. 

Rev  Carl  Otto  Aubol,  Monticello  Minn  04 —  Md  Randine 
Ranum.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Ole  Thoresen  Aabol  &  Anne 
Olsd  Kj^lid.  Mo  Kari  d  o  Ole  Stokkebryn  &  Ingerid. 

*Edevart  Severin  Aubol  Valders  Wis.  Md  Sigri  Andersd 
Korstad.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Ole  Thoresen  Aabol  &  Anne  Olsd 
Kj01i.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Knut  Roble  &  Seborg  Haakensd 
Gjevre. 

Atlantus  Austen  Malung  Minn  12 — 

Austin  T  Austinson  Dennison  Minn  03-16.  Md  S0rine 
Lundberg.  (0sten).  Fa  Thrond  s  o  0sten  &  Ambjor 
Ellingboe.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Nils  Vangensten  Steile  &  Sigri 
pile. 

Nils  Austinson  Cresco  la  04-06. 

*Arne  Avok  Hancock  Minn  Am  52.  Md  Marit  Andersd. 
Fa  Arne  s  o  Nils  Arnesen  Avok  &  Anne  Haldorsd.  Mo 
Kari  d  o  Nils  Knudsen  Saalsaa  &  Mari  Trondsd. 

Emil  K  Axness  Montevideo  Minn  09-11. 

J  K  Axness  Carpio  N  D  08— 

T  K  Axness  Sisseton  S  D  05 — 

Halsten  Backer  Mayville  N  D  04-16  Am  85.  Md  Anna 
Wilson.  (Bakkom).  S  o  Halsten  Syverson  &  Ragnild 
Anderson. 

S  Backey  (Bruskrud)   North  Bend  Ore  13-16— Dead. 

Ole  Baker  Monroe  S  D  14— 

O  K  Baker  Soldier  la  11— 

Mrs  (Carrie)  Ole  Bakke  Wallingford  la  04-07. 

John  P.  Bakke  Waterville  la  12—  ( ?) 

O  E  Bakke  Portland  N  D  10-12. 


144  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Syver  H  Bakke  Crookston  Minn  04 —  Am  87.  Md  Hannah 
Rasmussen  Skarstad.  Fa  Halsten  S  Landsend,  Hedalen, 
s  o  Syver  Engebretsen  &  Gunild  Helgesen,  Aadalen.  Mo 
Ragnild  d  o  Anders  Storruste  &  Olie  E  Elsrud.  Bro  H 
Backer. 

Anders  K  Bakken  Maynard  Minn  04-11 — Dead. 

*Engrebet  Anderson  Bakken  Langhei  Minn  Am  66.  Md 
Astri  Isaksd  S0re  Sp'rum.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Engebret  & 
Jorgen  0degaarden.  Mo  Maria — Died  '93. 

G  O  Bakken  Gatzke  Minn  02-16  Am  00.    Fr  Vang. 

Halvor  K  Bakken  Kensington  Minn  04 — 

Halvor  O  Bakken  Klevenville  Wis  13-16. 

Helge  Gulbrandsen  Bakken  Am  50.  Md  Kari  Knudsd 
Tasa.  S  o  Gulbrand  Helgesen  Bakken,  Vang  &  Gunild 
Andersd  Heen. 

Mrs  Johannes  O  Baken  Abercrombie  N  D  17 — 

Rev  K  E  Bakken  Dennison  Minn  05-13.  S  o  Helge  Gul- 
brandsen Bakken  (Heen). 

K  O  Bakken  Decorah  la  06-11. 

Ole  A  Bakken  Kensett  la  04-07. 

Ole  T  Bakken  Dawson  Minn  11-12  (?) 

S  O  Bakken  Fulton  S  D  02-04. 

Mrs  Anne  Bang  Thief  River  Falls  Minn  05-09  Anne  Torine 
d  o  Ole  Brenden  fr  Toten,  &  Maria  Brenden,  a  sister  of 
Lars  Brenden. 

Arne  K  Bang  Montevideo  Minn  04 —  Am  75.  Md  Ingri 
Olsd  Dolvensknatten.  Fa  Knud  s  o  Arne  Bagn  &  Marit. 
Mo  Berit  d  o  Ole  Olsen  Dolvensmarken  &  Marit. 

H  O  Bang  Stanchfield  Minn  10— 

O  Bang  Mekinock  N  D  13— 

Olaf  Bang  Storden  Minn  02—  Md  Lina  Emilia  Lohre,  dead 
(Olaf  O  Sagbraaten,  N  Aurdal). 

Ole  Bang  Oslo  Minn  13-14. 

Arne  O  Banks  Lankin  N  D  11-13  Am  89.  Md  Kari  Paul- 
srud.  Fa  Ole  Ellenshaugen  s  o  Arne  O  Bang  &  T0ren 
Klosb^le.  Mo  Anne  Marie  d  o  Gunnar  Nordager  &  Guri 
Haugsrud,  Aadalen. 


THE   MEMBERS    OP  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  145 

Mrs  Marit  Barton  Mt  Horeb  Wis  04-09.  Bro  Sam  Thomp- 
son* 

Ole  Bee  St  Paul  Minn  07-09. 

A  G  Beito  Effington  S  D  04—  Am  89.  Md  Thilda  H  Hu- 
seth.  (Anders).  S  o  Gulbrand  Mekelsen  Beito  &  Jorand 
Knudsd  Bjelb01e. 

Geo  Beito  Mclntosh  Minn  12-17.    S  o  Arne  G- Beito. 

Rev  Gulbrand  G  Beito  Terrace  Minn  14 — 

i 

Gilbert  O  Beito  Minneapolis  06-10 — Dead. 

*Knute  G  Beito  Superior  Wis  Am  83.     Fa  Gullik  s  o  Ole 

&  Marit  Beito    Mo  Marit  d  o  Arne  &  Guri  Beitohaugen. 
Nils  G  Beito  Effington  S  D  07— 
Ole  G  Beito  Effington  S  D  08— 
Rev  Anton   H   Belgum   Glenwood   Minn   11 —  Md   Selma 

Johnshoy.    S  o  Henry  Thoreson  Belgum  &  Betsey  Void. 

Ed  Luther  Coll. 

Arne  T  Belgum  Wilmot  S  D  15 —  Bro.  Syver  T  Belgum*. 
Julius  Belgum  Petersburg  Nebr  14-16. 
Syver  T  Belgum  Farwell  Minn  02 —  Am  83.     Md  Maria 

Helgesd  Dahle.     Fa  Thore  s  o  Syver  ThoresVn  Belgum 

&  Dordei  Olsd  Bergene.    Mo  Randi  d  o  Hendrik  A  Fla- 

dager  &  Inge  Monsd  Rudlang. 
Tore  S  Belgum  Farwell  Minn  03 —  Am  81.    Md  Olava  Ros- 

by.    S  o  Syver  T  Belgum* 
Tore  T  Belgum  Farwell  Minn  02 —  Am  67.     Bro  Syver  T 

Belgum* 
Dr  Andrew  G  Belsheim  Trout  Lake  Wash  06-11.     Md.  Bro 

G  G  B*  Ed  St  Olaf  &  Minn  U. 
G  A  Belsheim  Pipestone  Minn  11-15  Fr  Vang. 
Gulbrand  G  Belsheim  Leland  la  06-13  Am  66.     Md  Guro 

d  o  Ole  Christophersen  Sethe  Vang.     S  o  Gullik  Bels- 
heim Vang. 
G  H  Belsheim  Forest  City  la  02-10  Am  66.    Md  Mary  Gor- 

rell.  S  o  Gulbrand  G  Belsheim.  *Ed  Uni  Iowa  Law — died 

1910. 
Ole  G  Belsheim  Dickinson  N  D  04-16  Am  66.    S  o  Gulbrand 

G  Belsheim*  Ed  Luth  Coll. 


146  THE   VALDRIS  BOOK 

Anna  O  Bendickson  Scarville  la  03-06. 

N  O  Bendickson  Minneapolis  02-09. 

Ole  Bendickson  Lake  Mills  la  03-13  Am  57.     Md  Martha 

Nielsd.    Fa  Bendik  s  o  Bendik  Eriksen  Rudieie  &  Marit. 

Mo  Rangdi  d  o  Ole  Evensen  Hjemdalen  &  Gjertru  Ja- 

cobsd. 
Anthony  Benson  Park  River  S  D   11-14  Dead.     Bro  Ole 

Benson*. 
*Arne   Benson   Starbuck   Minn   Am   76      (Arne    Bjjzfrnson 

Nerlie).     Md  Maria  N  Lien.     Fa  Bjorn  Nerlie  s  o  Arne 

&  Anne  Hoff.     Mo  Guri  o  Syver  &  Guri. 
Ole  Benson  Juneberry  Minn  07 —  Am  68.    Md  Inger  Nordre 

Braaten.     Fa  Bjorn  s  o  Ole  Bjornsen  Olmhuspladsen  & 

Anne.    Mo  Gjertrud  d  o  Ole  S0rflaten  &  Turi  Braka. 
Andrew  K  Berg  Warroad  Minn  05-08  Am  85.     Bro  G  C 

Bj  organ*. 

A  O  Berg  Minneapolis  14 — 
Even  A  Berg  Decorah  la  04-06. 
Even  E  Bfcrg  Strum  Wis  08-10. 

H  N  Berg  Madison  Minn  04-15  Am  82.  Fr  V  Slidre. 
I  I  Berg  Willmar  Minn  04-17— Dead. 
K  B  Berg  Sioux  Falls  S  D  05-07. 
Martinus  Berg  Grafton  N  D  03. 
Nic  Berg  Bloomer  Wis  13-15   (?) 
Rev  N  I  Berg  Nome  N  D  04—  Am  80.     Md  Jennie  Wold- 

stad.     Fa  Iver  Bergene,  N  Aurdal  s  o  Engebret  &  Sign 

Fodnes.     Mo  d  o  Syver  &  Marit  0degaard.     Ed  Luth 

Coll. 

*Nils  O  N  Berg  Portland  N  D  Am  71.    S  o  Ole  N  Berg*. 
Ole  Berg  Decorah  la  15 — 

Ole  H  Berg  Portland  Ore  03-15  Md  Inga  Rudland— Dead. 
O  N  Berg  Zumbrota  Minn  02  — Fr  Dokken  V  Slidre. 
Ole  N  Berg  Portland  N  D  09—  Am  69.     Md  Marit  Olsd 

Haugen,  or  Solbrekeie.     Fa  Nils    s    o     Halvor  &  Marit 

0degaarden.     Mo  Ingeborg  d  o  Knud  &  Marit  Veahau- 

gen. 


THE  MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  147 

Ole  O  N  Berg  Portland  N  D  09—  Md  Inger  Fauske.  S  o 
Ole  N  B* 

Ole  O  Berg  Argyle  Wis  09-11. 

Oscar  Berg  Grafton  N  D  03. 

Peder  Svendsen  Berg  Mayville  N  D  10— Am  90.  Fr  Etne- 
dalen. 

Stephen  Berg  Grafton  N  D  03. 

Thomas  Berg  Maynard  Minn  04-17. 

Eivind  K  Berge  Haley  N  D  08-15  Am  03.  Md  Annie  Marie. 
Fa  Knud  Berge  s  o  Eivind  Kristoffersen  Leithe  &  Sigri 
Knudsd.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Rinjus  Knudsen  Torstad  &  Mar- 
grete  Olsd. 

Geo  H  Berge  Fergus  Falls  07-09. 

Ivar  E  Berge  Bradish  Neb  12-16— Dead. 

*Iver  O  Berge  Valders  Wis  Am  49.  Md  Sigri  Eriksd  Roble. 
Civ  War  vet.  Bro  Ole  O  Berge  Sr.* 

K  K  Berge  Granite  Falls  Minn  04-16. 

K  O  Berge  Minneapolis  13-16. 

Louis  Berge  Beach  N  D  11-16. 

N  E  Berge  Hatton  N  D  12-14. 

Ole  K  Berge  Valders  Wis  08-10  Am  62.  Md  Kari  Helgesd 
Nesja.  Fa  Knud  Thoreson  Berge.  Mo  Ingri  d  o  Johan- 
nes Jogerson  Hande. 

Ole  O  Berge,  Sr  Valders  Wis  04-11  Am'SO.  Md  Berit  An- 
dersd  (Nigare)  Weblen.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Gullik  (Norigare) 
Berge,  Vang  &  Marit  Iversd  Leine.  Mo  Anne  d  o  Iver 
Anderson  Thune  &  Ambjor  Olsd  (?)  Kvien.  Civ  war 
vet — Dead. 

Ole  O  Berge  Jr  Valders  Wis  04-14.  Md  Marianne  Olsd 
Haugen.  S  o  Ole  O  B  Sr*— Dead. 

T  K  Berge  Erskine  Minn  13—  Am  01.    Fr  V  Slidre. 

Ole  O  Bergene  Adams  Minn  10 — 

Arne  K  Berger  Minneapolis  02 —  Am  91.  Md  Henriette 
d  o  Ole  H  Berg*.  Fa  Knud  Berger,  Skrautvaal,  s  o  Lars 
K  &  Ingrid  Berger.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Arne  Helgesen  Gran- 
um  &  Marit  Rogne,  0  Slidre. 

Geo  H  Berger  Dalton  Minn  11 — 


148  THE    VALDRIS   BOOK 

Gust  Berger  Osakis  Minn  11-13. 

Nils  Berger  Spirit  Wash  16 — 

Ole  H  Berger  Chetek  Wis  05-10. 

Olaus  K  Berget  Crookston  Minn  03 — 

A  Bergum  Prior  Lake  Minn  08-12. 

Ole  Bergum  Whitehall  Wis  05-12. 

O  E  Bergum  Nerstraml  Minn  04-09.     Md  Guri  Maria  En- 

gebretsd  Egge. 

Th  Berntson  Puyallup  Wash  13-17     Bro  Ole  Benson* 
Gulbrand  B  Bertilrud  Ross  Minn  03-16  Am  88.    Md  Kjersti 

Iversd   S0rli.     Fa   Baard   Olmhus  S  Aurdal,  s  o  Jens   & 

Anne.    Mo  Sp'nneva  S0rli  Hedalen  d  o  Mikkel  Gulbrand- 

sen  &  Olaug  Amundsd. 

Gulbrand  G  Bertilrud  Ross  Minn  03-13  Am  88.    So  G  BB*. 
Kjerstine  Bertilrud  Ross  Minn  Am  88  D  o  G  BB*— Dead. 
Mikkel  G  Bertilrud  Greenbush  Minn  03—  Am  88  S  o  G  BB* 
Syver  G  Bertilrud  Roseau  Minn  03—  Am  85  S  o  GBB*. 
Haldor  H  Bjelbole  Decorah  la  04-07. 
Gulbrand  C  Bj^rgan  Pequis  Minn  04-10  Am  01.     Fa  Chris- 

toffer  O  Maasaa,  Hedalen,  s  o  Ole  &  Tora  Bymoen,  Begn- 

dalen.    Mo  Olia  d  o  Ole  &  Guri  Maasaa. 
Andrew  H  Bjorgo  Kensett  la  02-17.    S  o  Haldor  A  Bjorgo*. 
Anton  K  Bjorgo  McHenry  N  D  04-09. 
Haldor  Anderson  Bjorgo  Kensett  la  02-13  Am  76.    Md  In- 

grid  A  Thon.  2d  Mrs  Anna  Thompson.    S  o  Anders  Hal- 

dorsen  Bjorgo  &  Olia  Olsd.     Died  1913. 
*Nils  N   Bjorkrud   Starbuck   Minn   Am  83.     Md   K»ri   T 

Bjorkrud.     Fa  Nils  s  o  Mekkel     &     Magdelene     Nedre 

Braaten,    Lieneie,    N   Aurdal.      Mo   Beret  d  o  Knudt    & 

Kjersti  Lome. 

C  H  Biorn  St  Paul  03-12.     S  o  Rev  L  M  Bj0rn. 
Nils  Frederick  Bjorn  Minneapolis  03-10 — Dead. 
George  Bjorneby  Kalispel  Mont  03-12. 
B  K  Bjornson  Ellsworth  Wis  05—  Am  68.     Md  Bertha  M. 

Fa  Knudt  s  o  Bjorn  Dovre  &  Hilleborg  Gigstad.     Mo 

Ragnild  d  o  Anders  Fossebraaten  &  Ragnild  Maanum. 
Gullik  Bjornson  Hancock  Minn  10 —  Am  70.    N  Aurdal. 


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Halvor  Bjornson  (Glademshaugen)  Petersburg  Neb  06 — 
Am  71. 

Nils  Bjornson  Ellsworth  Wis  09-10. 

Ole  Bjornson  Peever  S  D  09-13. 

Engebrigt  E  B0e  Dennison  Minn  05-12. 

Helge  A  Boe  Northfield  Minn  02 — . 

*Ivar  Boe  Northwood  la  Am  82.  Md  1st  Margrethe  Sol- 
heim.  2d  Ingeleiv  H  Sethe.  S  o  Gullik  Thomassen 
Mosaker  &  Ingeborg  Christoffersd. 

Iver  Boe  Minnetonka  Beach  Minn  02-03. 

J  S  Boe  Langford  S  D  09— 

Knudt  E  Boe  Minneapolis  06-11. 

Nils  A  Boe  Terrace  Minn  11— 

Rev  N  N  Boe  Baltic  S  D  07-13. 

T  G  Boe  Fosston  Minn  12-15  (?) 

0sten  Boe  Northfield  Minn  09-13. 

Haldor  E  Boen  Fergus  Falls  Minn  02-12 — Dead. 

Mrs  Joel  Boley  Madison  Wis  10 — 

Rev  Bendik  Bondahl  Glyndon  Minn  06-08—  Fr  Telemark- 
en — Dead. 

Andreas  Bernhart  Bonde  Nestrand  Minn  02-12.  S  o  Tosten 
Bonde. 

Mrs  Ingeborg  Haugen  Bonde  02-07  Widow  of  Tosten  Bonde. 

Ivar  Bonde  Henning  Minn  16— 

*Knut  A  Bonde  Mapes  N  D  Am  83.  Md  Anne  E  Veblen.  Fa 
Anders  s  o  Knudt  Olsen  Lykken,  0  Slidre  &  Sigri  An- 
dersd  Skjefte.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Trond  Aslagsen  Bonde  & 
Marit  Trondsd  Myhre. 

Thomas  E  Bonde  St  Paul  02 —  Md  Julia  Marie  Stone.  S  o 
Tosten  E  Bonde. 

Knut  W  Bondy  Battle  Lake  Minn  02-08  Am  66.  Md  An- 
na Osmundson.  S  o  Wilhelm  Iverson  Bonde,  fr  Kvien 
&  Kari  Knudsd  Holien.  Mem  Minn  Legislature — Dead. 

E  G  Bonlie  Manvel  N  D  13— 

Peter  G  Bonlie  Olga  Minn  11-14. 

Andrew  C  Booth  Minneapolis  03-11. 

Anna  C  Bordson  Tilleysville  Va  05-08  Am  69.     Fa  Ole  s  o 


150  THE   VALDRIS  BOOK 

Baard  Baardsen  &  Sonev,  N  Aurdal.  Mo  Kari  d  o  Ole 
Gladhaugh  &  Marit  Johnsd  Gladhaugh. 

Bennie  Bordson  Black  Earth  Wis  10-13. 

Mrs  S  G  Bothen  Aneta  N  D  13  — Olava  Fjeld.  See  K  O 
Fjeld*. 

*Anton  M  Braaten  (Steinbr^ta)  Am  93.  Md  Thora  Hain. 
Fa  Mikkel  s  o  Knudt  Olsen  &  Anne  Skar.  Mo  Ingeborg 
d  o  Johannes  Biribakken  &  Marit  Iversen  N0rr0plassen. 

Mrs  Anton  M  Braaten  Manvel  N  D  (Thora  O  Hain  Am  93) 
Fa  Ole  A  Hain  s  o  Anders  Hain  &  Thora  Sukke.  Mo 
Anne  d  o  Harald  Bell  &  Marit  Landsendhaugen. 

Christian  K  Braaten  Northfield  Minn  03-12. 

Gulbrand  C  Braaten  Ross  Minn  06-10  Am  82.  Md  Gunild 
Andersd  Ruste.  Fa  Kristofer  s  o  Gul  &  Kari  Stenbraat- 
en.  Mo  Gunild  Syversd  Tuftehaugen. 

Halsten  G  Braaten  Mayville  N  D  08-13  Am  74.  Md  Anne 
Moen,  Hedalen.  Fa  Guttorm  s  o  Halsten  Rustebakke  & 
Ingrid  Garthus.  Mo  Ingrid  d  o  Even  &  Berit  Odden. 
Mem  legislature. 

*Haaver  K  Braaten  Sask  Can  Am  64.  Md  Marit  Gul- 
brandsd  Quale.  S  o  Knut  Haaverson  Braaten. 

H  L  Braaten  Mentor  Minn  13-17. 

H  O  Braaten  Nerstrand  Minn  04 —  Am  56.  Md  Anne  Tos- 
tensd  Sondrol.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Halstein,  Reinli  &  Eli,  Hal- 
lingdal.  Mo  Ambjor  Olsd  Haugen,  Hallingdal. 

Iver  Braaten  Manvel  N  D  13-17. 

J  M  Braaten  Manvel  N  D  13-17. 

*Knud  A  Braaten  Starbuck  Minn  Am  92.  Md  Berit  En- 
gebretsd  Hofseie.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Gulbrand  T  Land- 
mark &  Beret  Knudsd.  Mo  Olia  d  o  Ole  0stegaard  & 
Ingeborg  S  Aurd. 

Knud  K  Braaten  Bryant  S  D  05-16. 

K  O  Braaten  Portland  N  D  09— 

L  K  Braaten  Mentor  Minn  13-16. 

Martin  C  Braaten  Ross  Minn  03-15  Am  83.  Md  Milla 
Skogstad.  Fa  Christoffer  s  o  Gul  Monsen  Storebraaten 


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&  Kari  Eidmoen.    Mo  Gunild  d  o  Syver  Olsen  Haugen  & 

Gunhild  Khudsd  Hovde. 
Ole  H  Braaten  Nerstrand  Minn  03-08  S  o  Halsten  O  B— 

Dead. 

Knud  A  Broughton  Cottonwood  Minn  04-12. 
Ole  A  Broughton  Cottonwood  Minn  04 — 
Harald  O  Brager  Roseau  Minn  04-09  Am  87.     Md  Sigrid 

Andersd  Solum.    Fa  Ole  s  o  Harald  Olsen  Landsend  & 

Martha.     Mo  Guri  d  o  Syver  &  Kari  Ildjernstad. 
Peder  O  Brager  Pierpont  S  D  13-16. 
Peter  H  Brager  Mt  Horeb  Wis  08-17  Am  51.  Md  Guro 

Skrinrud.    Civ  war  vet. 
Christian  Brandt  Decorah   la  02 —  S  o  John   Brandt,  V. 

Slidre.  Editor. 

Gustav  Brandt  Park  River  N  D  02—  Am  85.  Bro  Chr  B. 
Ivar  A  Brandt  Decorah  la  CM —  Am  53.    S  o  Anders  Quiil 

Brandt.    Civ  war  vet  Lieut. 

John  A  Brandt  Hayti  S  D  04—  S  o  Rev  Nils  B. 
John  F.  Brandt  Prince  Rupert  B  C  02—  Bro  Chr  B.  Colonel 

in  Canadian  Service,  World  War. 
John  Brandt  St  Paul  02—  Bro  Chr  B.  Dentist. 
Rev  Nils  Brandt  Minneapolis  02  Am  51.     Md  Dlderikke 

Ottesen.     S  o  Ole  Jonson  Brandt  &  Eli  Anderson  Ed 

Univ  of  Kristiania. 

Olaf  E  Brandt  St  Paul  11—  S  o  Rev  Nils  B.  Prof  Theol. 
Rev  Realf  Ottesen  Brandt  Macfarland  Wis —  Md  Lettie  M 

Galby.    S  o  Rev  Nils  B. 
Mrs  Sissel  Brandvold  Faribault  Minn  03 —  Md  Andrew  T 

Brandvold.     D  o  Knut  Pederson   fLendsmandshaugen) 

Haugen  &  Martha  0stensd  B0e  Vang. 
Mrs  J  S  Bratager  St  Paul  03 —  D  o  (Lserer)  Bugge,  Vang. 

Bro  Andrew  Bugge. 
M  A  Bratrud  Crookston  Minn  02 —  Am  86.  Md  Miss  Erick- 

son.    S  o  Arne  &  Ragnild  Bratrud. 
M  O  Bratrud  Kensett  la  04-16. 
Ole  A  Bratrud  Crookston  Minn  13-16. 
Dr  Theodor  Bratrud  Warren  Minn  05 — 


152  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

E  Bratvold  Olga  Minn  11-16 — Dead. 

Olaf  Bratvold  Clearbrook  Minn  13-15. 

Tolleif  Bratvold  Erskine  Minn  13 —  Am  86     Skrautvaal. 

Arne  O  Breiset  Montevideo  Minn  03 —  Am  56.    Md  Maria 

Arneson.    S  o  Ole  Arnesen  Breiseth  (Ola  ve  Kvedne)  & 

Ingeborg  Knudsd  R^ndokken. 
Mrs  Maria  -A  Breiseth  03  Am  67.     Md  Arne  O  Breiseth. 

D  o  Arne  Knudtsen  Saetermarken  &  Marit    Olsd    Sund- 

heims0ien. 

Inga  Breiseth  Minneapolis  03-10.     Bro  Arne  O  B*. 
Mrs  Berthe  Brekken  Dennison   Minn  04-10  Am  53.     Md 

Even  Brekken.    Fa  Iver  S  o  Helge  Leine  &  Berthe.    Mo 

Jngeborg  d  o  Osten  Boe  &  Ambjor  Ellingboe. 
Knud  O  Brekken  Sacred  Heart  Minn  04-16  Am  78.     Md 

Anne  Rogn.    Fa  Ole  s  o  Knut  Thoresen  Thorpe  &  Sigri 

Olsd  Norsvin.    Mo  Berith  d  o  Nils  N  &  Anne  C  Grov. 
Halvor  H   Bren  Toronto  S   D  04-07  Am  91      Fa   Halvor 

Bren,    Liagraenden,   s   o   Halvor   Knutsen   &   Berit   Hal- 

vorsd  Brenden.    Mo  Guri  d  o  Ole  A  Kvalshaugen,  Reinli 

&  Astri  Olsd  Diserud. 
Anton  K  Brenden  Bend  Ore  06 —  Fa  Knut  Olsen  Brenden 

s  o  Ole  Haiene.    Mo  d  o  Thomas  Perlestenbakken  &  Olia 

Brenna. 

Ole  Brenden  Fergus  Falls  Minn  10-14. 
Peder  Olsen  Brenden  Stirum  N  D  07—  Fa  Ole  s  o  Per 

&  Ingeborg  Brenne,  Hedalen.    Mo  Kari  d  o  Ole  A  Hain 

&  Anne,  Hedalen. 

*Syver  S  Brenden  Pigeon  Falls  Wis  Am  83.  Md  Kari  Hes- 
tekindeie.  S  o  Syver  S  &  Thora  Larsd  Brenden — Dead. 

Ole  O  Brenna  Jr  Cottonwood  Minn  09 —  Am  67.  Md  Inge- 
borg Olsen.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Ole  Pedersen  &  Gjertrud  Gud- 
brandsd.  Mo  Gjertrud  d  o  syver  Moen  &  Gjertrud  Nilsd. 

Mrs  John  Bringsaasen  Independence  Wis  05-07. 

Adolph  Brommer  Durand  Wis  03-13. 

Chas  Brommer  Nelson  Wis  17 — 

Mrs  L  J  Brown  Alexandria  Minn  09-17.     (Miss  Lajord). 


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Aslak  E  Bruflat  Toronto  S  o  04 —  Am  81.  Md  Johane  Ja- 
kobsen.  Fa  Erik  s  o  Halvor  Smaagar,  Etnedalen  &  Inger 

Bruflat.     Mo  Pernille  Pedersd  Kalstaberget,  Hedemarken 

Elling  E  Bruflat  Toronto  S  D  06-17  Am  81.  Md  Berthe 
Maria  d  o  Martin  Tollefsen  Landsendbakken  &  Gunild 
Iversd  Lybek.  Bro  Aslak  E  Bruflat*. 

P  E  Bruflat  Clear  Lake  S  D  04-06. 

K  L  Brujord  Culbertson  Mont  13 —  Am  05.  Lars  Bru- 
jordet  s  o  Knut  Granheimsbraaten  &  Kari.  Mo  Ragnild 
d  o  Erik  I  Sundheim  &  Ingeborg  Nilsd  Hippe. 

Ole  Brujord  Churches  Ferry  N  D  16 — 

Miss  Amalie  Bugge  St  Paul  03 —  Bro  Andrew  B. 

Andrew  Bugge  St  Paul  03 —  S  o  Laerer  Bugge,  Vang. 

Miss  Anna  Bugge  St  Paul  03 —  Bro  Andrew  B. 

*  Andrew  W  Bunde  Michigan  N  D  Am  85.  Md  Sigri  Ron- 
jusd  Torstad.  Bro  P.  W.  Bunde*. 

Peter  W  Bunde  Michigan  N  D  09  —Am  81.  Md  Berit  0s- 
tensd.Helle.  Fa  Vilhelm  s  o  Anders  Pedersen  &  Berit 
Olsd  Bunde.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Anders  Eriksen  Kjos  & 
Anne. 

Karl  Bye  Pinewood  Minn  13-14. 

Erik  K  Byfuglien  Ross  Minn  04-12  Am  83.  Md  Inger  O 
Xordgaarden.  Fa  Knud  s  o  Ole  Knudsen  Byfuglien  & 
Marit  Solbrekken.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Erik  Sjzirensen  &  Marit 
Langedalen  Etnedalen. 

Carl  J  Carlson  Rudd  la  06—  Tender.    Md  Kari  d  o  Knud 

H  Klemesrud*. 

Ole  Chester  (Kjjrfrstad)  Osseo  Wis  05-06. 
Ole  Christensen  Grafton  N  D  03-10. 
L  Christenson  Herrick  S  D  14-17. 
Miss  Mary  Christopher  (Bjo'rhus)  Decorah  la  12-13. 
Gilbert  C  Christopherson  Sioux  Falls  S  D  CM —  S  o  Knut 

Christoffersen  Soine,  Vang. 

Gilbert  Danl  Minneapolis  15-16. 
I  J  Dahl  Albert  Lea  Minn  02— 
Nels  N  Dahl  Wannaska  Minn  14-17. 


154  THE  VALDRIS  BOOK 

Odin  Dahl  Grafton  '03. 

Rev  O  C  Dahlager  Escanaba  Mich  10-16. 

Prof  John.Dahle  St  Paul  02—  Md  Johanne  Sjzfrlie,  Elverum. 

5  o  Johannes  Dahle,  E  Slidre  &  Anne  Nordtorp. 

Gullik  H  Dahle  Manfred  N  D  Am  93.  Md  Marit  Olsd  Saeh- 
lid.  Fa  Helge  s  o  J0ger  Helgesen  Dahle  &  Aagot  Hel- 
gesd  J0tun.  Mo  Anne  d  o  Torsten  Andersen  Lien  &  Guri 
Gulbrandsd  Dale. 

O  K  Dahle  Caledonia  Minn  12—  (Valdris  &  Hailing). 

T  E  Dahle  Nekoma  N  D  04-10. 

Christopher  A  Dalager  Bowden  N  D  11 —  Am  69.  S  o  Ole  A 

6  Ingeborg  Evensd  Dalager. 

Mrs  Kjersti  Dalager  Maynard  Minn  09-12  Widow  of  Ole 

O  Dalager*. 
*Olaus  O  Dalager  Sacred  Heart  Minn  S  o  Ole  &  Kjersti 

Dalager.     Md  Mollie  Johnson — Dead. 
Ole  Dalager  Forbes  N  D  03  —Am  88.    Md  Dina  Belsheim. 

Fa  Ole  s  o  Anders  &  Martha  Lund,  Vang.     Mo  Ingeleiv 

do  Kristofer  &  Ambjo'rg  Nordland. 
Ole  O  Dalager  Sacred  Heart  Minn  05-09.     Md  Kjersti  d  o 

C  C  Lerhol,  Vang — Dead. 
Erick  Dale  Minneapolis  06-13. 
Ole  Pederson  Delebek  Manitowoc  Wis  04-10. 
Juul  Dieserud  Washington  D  C  02 —  Am  92.     Md  Inga 

Gustava  Wellen — dead.     Fa  Anders  s  o  Juul  &  Aaste 

Diserud.     Mo  Anne  d  o  Erik  Frydenlund  &  Kari  Viko, 

Gol.    Ed  Univ  of  Kristiania.    Author. 
O  O  Dokkebakken  (Reinli)  Petit  Nord  Can  03-14. 
Erick  H  Docken  Dahlen  N  D  08—  Am  81.    Fr  N  Aurdal. 
Knute  Docken  Dahlen  N  D  13—. 
*Olaus  O  Dokken  Clontarf  Minn  Am  80.     Md  Hanna  O 

Ranum.    Fa  Ole  s  o  Ole  Evenson  Dokken  &  Marit.    Mo 

Guri  d  o  Bj0rn  &  Guri  Song. 
Ole  O   Dokken  Clontarf  Minn   10-14  Am  81.     .Md   Guri 

Bj^rnsd  Nerli.    Fa  Ole  E  Hofshaugen  s  o  Even  Hatten 

&  Olaug.    Mo  Marit  Olsd. 
T  E  Dokken  Lindsay  Nebr  04-11. 


THE  MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  155 

Rev  A  O  Dolven  Morris  Minn  05-11. 

Mrs   Christine   Qual   Dooley   Chicago  03 —   D   o   Anders 

Kvaal,  Vang,  &  Barbo  Andersd  Weblen. 
Knut  N  D^vre  Fessenden  N  D  03-05. 
Olaf  Dovre  Minneota  Minn  09 — 
T  O  Dovre  Minneota  Minn  05-09— Dead 

Albert  E  Egge  Pullman  Wash  02—  Md  Sina  Berge  d  o 
Gullik  Iversen  Berge,  Vang.  Fa  Erik  s  o  Gulbrand  Melby 
&  Gro  Bjelbole.  Mo  Berit  d  o  John  &  Ingrid  Nordtorp. 
Ed  Luth  Coll  &  Johns  Hophins.  Ph  D  Professor — Dead. 

Edward  N  Egge  Plainview  Tex  06-17. 

Finkel  N  Egge  Decorah  la  07-08— Dead. 

Nils  N  Egge  Joice  la  06 — 

Dr  Thrond  S  Egge  Moorhead  Minn  02-08  Am  82.  Md 
Petra  Anderson.  Fa  Sven  Egge  fr  Hallingdal  s  o  Thrond 
H  Grjzindalen  &  Birgitta.  Mo  Ragna  d  o  Einar  E  &  Gun- 
vor  Jordheim.  Ed  Minn  Univ — Dead. 

Mrs  O  A  Eggen  Brandt  S  D  12-13. 

Mrs  Kjersti  Ehrie  Minneapolis  02-11  Am  71.  Md  Anders  J 
Ehrie,  Lserd^l.  Fa  Kristofer  s  o  B0ie  &  Ambj^r  Kattevold 
Mo  Valgerd  d  o  John  Trondsen  Kattevold  &  Rangdi  Bag- 
getun. 

John  Eid  Canby  Ore  13 — 

John  Eidsmo  Nielsville  Minn  13-14  (?) 

Ben  Eimon  Superior  Wis  02 —  S  o  Ole  O  Eimon*. 

Christian  Eimon  Superior  Wis  02 —  S  o  Ole  O  Eimon*. 

Iver  Eimon  Pigeon  Falls  Wis  02 —  S  o  Ole  O  Eimon*. 

*Ole  O  Eimon  Pigeon  Falls  Wis  Am  62.  Md  Sigri  Pedersd 
Thomle.  Fa  Ole  G  Kapperud,  Land,  moved  to  Etnedalen 
'26  S  o  Gulbrand  fr  S  Aurdal.  Mo  Inger  Marthe  Kap- 
pene. 

Peter  Eimon  Superior  Wis  02 —  S  o  Ole  O  Eimon*. 

H  O  Ekerdalen  Holt  Minn  13-14  ( ?) 

T  K  Ellefsen  Minneapolis  10 — 

Gulbrand  B  Ellestad  Lanesboro  Minn  10 —  Fa  Iver  Gul- 


156  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

brandsen  Ellestad.     Mo  Guri  BjoYnsd  Garnaas,  Nes,  Hal- 

lingdal. 
Rev  Nils  JpYgensen  Ellestad  Seattle  Wash  05-11  Am  57. 

Md  Isabelle  Juline  Johnson.     Fa  J0rgen  s  o  Gulbrand  & 

Guri  Ellestad.     Mo  Brita  Nilsd  Vange,  Vik,  Sogn.     Ed 

Luth  Coll— Dead. 

Nels  J  Ellestad  Madison  Wis  07-12.    Bro  Peter  J  E*. 
Ole  Ellestad  Browerville  Minn  16 — 
Peter  J  Ellestad  New  Hampton  la  09 —  Am  47.    Md  Martha 

Atlesd,  Sogndal    Fa  Johannes  Ellestad  s  o  Nils  &  Anne. 

Mo  Gro  Pedersd.  Civ  war  vet. 
*Anders  Throndsen  Ellingboe  Maynard  Minn  Am  60.     Md 

Berit  E  Lien.     S  o  Thrond  Iversen  Ellingboe  &  Kjersti 

Helgesen. 

Helge  C  Ellingboe  Mishicot  Wis  08-14  Am  52.  Fa  Chris- 
topher s  o  Helge  Helgesen  Ellingboe  &  Randi  Helgesd 

Norsving.     Mo  Berit  d  o  Anders   Knutsen   Norland   & 

Anne  Tollevsd — Dead. 
John  M  Ellingboe  Northfield  Minn  02 —  Fa 'John  s  o  John 

&  Margrite  Ellingboe.     Mo  Ambj0r  d  o  Ole  Strand  & 

Berit. 

J  T  Ellingboe  Minneapolis  02-10. 
Knudt  Ellingboe  Milaca  Minn  05-16. 
Ole  Ellingboe  Minneapolis  02-16. 
Ole  Bernhard  Ellingboe  Northfield  Minn  02-10.    Md  Esther 

Gemine  Elthon.     Bro  John  M  Ellingboe*. 
Thrond  I  Ellingboe  Dennison  Minn  04-06. 
William  Ellingboe  Hills  Minn  02-13  Am  66.     Md  Ambj^r 

Ovesd  B0e.    Fa  s  o  Even  Olsen  Ellingboe.    Mother's  Fa 

Vilhelm  Vilhelmsen  Baggetun — Dead. 
Andreas  Ellingsen  Ellington  Sask  Canada  04-10.    Md  Anna 

Maria  Stuvengen. 
A  A  Elthun  Fertile  la  02— 
Anders  Elton  Deering  N  D  06-16. 
*Erik  N  Eltun  Maynard  Minn  Am  73.     Md  Ingeborg  An- 

dersd  Strande.    Fa  Nils  s  o  Thomas  &  Sigri  Eltun.    Mo 

Sigri  d  o  Erik  &  Ingeborg  Eltun. 


THE   MEMBERS   OF   THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  157 

John  T  Eltun  Northfield  Minn  02—  Am  75— Dead. 
Torger  T  Elthun  Dennison  Minn  04-12.     Md  Marit  E  Vik- 

en,  died  1018. 

E  Engebretson  West  Salem  Wis  06-13. 
Haavel  Engebretson  Albee  S  D  06-10. 
Halvor  Engebretson  Whalan  Minn  04-07. 
Tosten  Engebretson  Calmar  la  09 —  S  o  Engebret  Tosten- 

sen  &  Gro  Knudsd.     Hedalen  E  Slidre. 
Tom   (Trond)   Engebretson  Maynard  Minn  04-12  Am  66. 

Md   Ingeborg.     Fa   Engebret   under   Hermundstad,  s   o 

Trond  &  Ragnild  Sjeie.    Mo  Berit  d  o  Endre  T0rstad  & 

Marie  Svien. 

Gilbert  G  Egen  Finley  N  D  04 —  Am  82. 
Ivar  E  Engen  Toronto  S  D  04-12  Am  82.     Md  Inger  Syv- 

ersd  Hovdet,  Etnedalen.    Fa  Erik  s  o  Iver  &  Kari  Braies- 

engen.    Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Knudt  &  Anne  Fl^gum. 
Nils  G  Engen  Atwater  Minn  03 — 
Ole  O  Engen  Caledonia  Minn  13 —  Civ  war  vet. 
A  O  Engerud  Decorah  la  '12. 
Syver  Ensberg  Toronto  S  D  04-10. 
Anton  O  Erickson  Brooten  Minn  05-14. 
Arne  Erickson  Minneapolis  10-12 — Dead. 
Bernt  A  Erickson  Modena  Wis  03-13.     Fa  Arne  s  o  Erik 

O  lD01stuen  &  Berit  Lundstein.     Mo  Ingeborg  Brendin- 

gen  d  o  Bj0rn  Johnson  Lurendal  &  Berte  Maria  Olsen. 
Christian  N  Erickson  Superior  Wis  02-14.    Bro  of  Mrs  V  A 

Neil. 

E  A  Ericksoa  Portland  N  D  14 — 
Eddy  Erickson  Minot  N  D  04-12. 
Erick  Erickson  Farvvell  Minn  03-10. 
Erick  Erickson  Douglas  N  D  11 — : 
Knut  Erickson  Modena  Wis  03-10. 
Iver  Erickson  Mack  Minn  06 — 
Marius  Erickson  Minot  N  D  04-16. 
Ole  Erickson  Brook  Park  Minn  12 — 
Halvor  H  Espeseth  Winger  Minn  05-16  Am  80.    Md  Karo- 

line  Frakkestad.  Fa  Knut  s  o  Gulbrand  O  Espeseth,  Aur- 


168  THE   VALDRIS  BOOK 

dal  &  Kjerstine  Slaatsseteren.     Mo  In'geborg  Jjzfrgensd 

Higdem. 

John  Espeseth  Olso  Minn  09—  Bro  H  H  Esp'eseth*. 
Knut  Espeseth  Roseau  Minn  11-17. 

Rev  O  K  Espeseth  Manitowoc  Wis  08 —  Bro  H  H  Espe- 
seth*. 
Andrew  A  Estrem  Dennison  Minn  10 —  Md  Marit  Larsd 

Soine.     Fa  Anfin  s  o  Andris  Austreim  &  Gunild.     Mo 

Marit  d  o  Knut  T  Tasa  &  Kari. 
A  T  Estrem  Decorah  la  07-13. 
G  A  Estrem  Corning  Calif  04-16. 
Knut  A  Estrem   Nerstrand  Minn  02-17.     Md   Berit  Larsd 

Soine.    Bro  A  A  Estrem*. 
Ed  Evans  Ada  Minn  16 — 
G  G  Evans  Silverton  Ore  14-16. 
Dr  N  C  Evans  Mt  Horeb  Wis  13-16. 
*Christopher   Evenson   Valders   Wis   Am   66.     Md    Ingri 

Helgesd  Nesja.     Fa  Even  s  o  Christopher  Olsen  Kvaal 

&  Marit.    Mo  Sigri  Knutsd  Lykken. 
Fred  Evenson  Wetaskiwin  Alta  Canada  09-16. 
H  E  Evenson    Wapheton  N  D  11 —  Fa  Ole  Evenson.    Mo 

Marit  d  o  Marit  Andersd  (Veblen)  Jome. 
Ole  Evenson  Dennison  Minn  07-17 — Dead. 
Thron  Evenson  Stanley  Wis  06 —  Am  84.    Fr  Bagn.    Md 

Anne  T0risd  Jevne,  Vang.  (Trond  paa  Kampen). 
Mrs  Minnie  O  Everson  Backus  Minn  04-05.     Md  Ole  A 

Everson.     Fa  Ole  s  o  Baard  Jensen  Bjerke  &  S0nneiv. 

Mo  Kari  d  o  Ole  Gladhaug,  Bagn  &  Marie. 

Mrs  A  Faarnes  Mentor  Minn  13 — 

Ole  J  Fserden  Bratton  Canada  02-17.  Bro  Tollef  J  Fser- 
den*. 

Tollef  J  Faerden  Mentor  Minn  04-11  Am  68.  Md  Guri  Hau- 
gen.  Fa  Jens  Faerden  s  o  Ole  Jenson  Beito  &  Marit  Til- 
den.  Mo  Randi  d  o  Knut  Julsen  Berg  &  Randi  Strand. 

K  A  Fauske  Brooten  Minn  11 — 

Ole  Fauske  Corson  S  D  05-12. 


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Paul  O  Fecher  Roseau  Minn  '04.  S  o  Ole  Torgrimsen 
Fecher,  Hedalen  &  Anne  Andersd  Gangemoen,  Aadalen. 

Halvor  N  Fedt  Bryant  S  D  03-10. 

John  Ferden  Peterson  Minn  04 — 

A  O  Finhart  Grand  Meadow  Minn  '10 — Dead. 

Ole  Finhart  Jr  Grand  Meadow  Minn  07-16. 

Peder  O  Finneberg  Decorah  la  04-13. 

Knut  A  Finseth  Nerstrand  Minn  06 —  Fa  A  K  Finseth.  Mo 
Karen  d  o  Knut  Pedersen  Lensmandshaugen  &  Martha 
0stensd  B0e. 

Carl  A  Fjeld  Joice  la  03-15. 

K  O  Fjeld  Aneta  N  D  04—  Am  78.  Md  Marie  S.Gotten- 
berg.  Fa  Ole  Midtfjeld,  Etnedalen  s  o  Knud  &  Marit 
Rundberg  Mo  Ingri  d  o  Ole  O  Mselum  &  Anne,  Etne- 
dalen. 

Martin  O  Fjeld  Osage  la  03—  Bro  K  O  Fjeld*. 

Nils  A  Fjeld  Joice  la  03 — 

N  S  Fjeld  Newman  Grove  Nebr  04 — 

O  H  Fjeld  Grafton  N  D  '03. 

Syver  S  Fjeld  Newman  Grove  Nebr  05-12. 

Torgrim  J  Fjeld  Black  Earth  Wis  06-13. 

Henry  Fladager  Spring  Grove  Minn  09 — 

Anders  A  Flaten  Park  River  N  D  03-10  Am  56.  Md  Guri  O 
Ulberg.  Fa  Amund  s  o  Peder  Flaten  &  Guri.  Mo  Jo- 
hanna d  o  Anders  P  &  Marit  Huset,  Hedalen. 

Dr  A  Flaten  Edinburg  N  D  03-16. 

Christopher  O  Flaten  Kenyon  Minn  03-15. 

Ingvald  Flaten  Cresco  la  04-06. 

Helge  L  Flaten  Carpio  N  D  13 — 

Iver  A  Flaten  Fork  Minn  03 — 

Prof  Nils  Flaten  Northfield  Minn  02-17.    S  o  Ole  I  Flaten 

Ole  Flaten  Jr  Watertown  S  D  13-14. 

O  E  Flaten  Moorhead  Minn  16 — 

Ole  Ingvalson  Flaten  Northfield  Minn  02-14 — Dead. 

*Mrs  Berit  Flattum  Butler  S  D  Am  83.  Md  Ole  I  Flattum. 
D  o  Bjzfie  0stensen  0degaard,  Vang. 

Engebret  L  Fondes  Newman  Grove  Nebr  02 —  Am  72.  Md 


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Guri  Toresd  Belgum.    Fa  Lars  s  o  Ole  Larsen  Fodnes  & 

Sigri  Engebretsd.    Mo  Marit  d  o  Engebret  Monson  Rud- 

lang,  Ulnes  &  Eli  Tollefsd  Viste,  R0n. 
G  O  Fodnes  Reedstown  Wis  13-17. 
O  L  Fodnes  Walker  Minn  10 —  Am  04.     Fa  Lars  s  o  Lars 

Olsen  Fodnes  &  Marit  Engebretsd.    Mo  Siri  d  o  Ole  Ev- 

ensen  &  Marie  Knutsd. 
Syver  Fodnes  Minneota  Minn  06 — 
Thorn  J  Folken  (Fulkji)  Scarville  la  08— 
E  H  Forest  Gary  Minn  07-12.     S  o  Halstein  Fystro. 
John  S  Fosholdt  Nora  Springs  la  03-10.    S  o  Syver  J  Fos- 

holdt. 

SyverJ  Fosholdt  Rudd  la  02— 

Mrs  H  A  Foss  Minot  N  D  '17.     Bro  Knut  O  Fjeld. 
Inga  Foss  Hopkins  Minn  14-16. 
Anders  Fossebraaten  Clontarf  Minn  03-13. 
Knut  K  Fossum  Peterson  Minn  03-13. 
Bennie  Foster  Grafton  N  D  04-12. 
Carl  J  Foster  Grafton  N  D  '04. 
Odin  Foster  Grafton  N  D  '04. 
Mrs  Betsey  Fostrom  Farmington  Minn  10-16.     D  o  Peter 

Thompson. 

Harald  S  Fremgaard  Minneapolis  06 — 
Knut  O  Frigstad  Swanson  Sask  Canada  17— 
Knut  R  Frigstad  Moorhead  Minn  04-08  Am  82.     Md  Gjer- 

trud  Olson — Dead. 
Erik  A  Frydenlund  Rugby  N  D  02—  Am  87.     Fa  Andreas 

s  o  Erik  Frydenlund  &'Kari  Viko  Hallingdal.     Mo  Jo- 

hanne  Frederikke  d  o  Otto  Neumann  Knoph,  Bindalen  & 

Heloise  Margrete  Schultz  Sverdrup. 
Jul  Fudske  Taopi  Minn  09-17. 

4«t-Fugleberg  Fox  Minn  15 — 
Ole  K  Fuglei  Petersburg  Nebr  03  —Am  76.     Md  Gulny 

Bye.    S  o  Knud  Monsen  Fuglei  &  Anne  Olsd  Kvisl.    Ed 

Luth  Coll. 

Arne  Fuglie  Mazeppa  Minn  13-16. 
K  K  Fuglie  Ashby  Minn  11-14. 


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Mons  A  Fuglie  Braham  Minn  03 —  Am  70.     Md  Louise 

Haldorson. 
Ole  Fystrom  Geneseo  N  D  08 —  Am  76.    Md  Carolina  Aas- 

nes,  Sol0r.     Fa  Ole  Fystro  s  o  Ole  Gulbrandsen  H0dne  & 

Inge  Olsd  Hegge.    Mo  Ingri  d  o  Ole  Gulbrandsen  Berge, 

0  Slidre  &  Ingri  Olsd. 

6le  H  Garden  (Haga)  Decorah  la  04-15— Dead. 

Andrew  Garlid  River  Falls  Wis  10-14. 

*Knut  K  Garli  Clontarf  Minn  Am  77.  Md  Ingeborg  Skaar. 
Fa  Knud  s  o  Ole  K  Sletten  0vre  Garlieie  &  Anne.  Mo 
Ingeborg  d  o  Erik  Gulbrandsen  Massestuen  &  Marit 
Bj^rnsd. 

Nils  Garlic  Spring  Valley  Wis  05-10  Am  68.  Md  Barbo 
Thoresd.  Fa  Nils  s  o  Ole  Nilsen  S  Garlic,  N  Aurdal.  Mo 
Gjertrud  Bj^rnsd  Kolsbrekken,  Skrautvaal. 

Ole  O  Garlid  Baldwin  Wis  03— 

E  E  Garvik  First  View  Colo  10-11— Dead. 

Ole  O  Garvik  Inwood  la  04 — 

Mrs  Anne  Marie  Gaukerud  Roseau  Minn  04-09  Am  85.  Md 
Ole  P  Gaukerud.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Gulbrand  &  Joren  By- 
moen.  Mo  Karen  Maria  d  o  Knut  &  Anne  Maria  Tollefs- 
rud. 

T  O  Gelen  Aure  Minn  13-14. 

Knut  O  Gigstad  St  Hilaire  Minn  05—  S  o  Ole  K  Gigstad.* 

Ole  K  Gigstad  Valders  Wis  Am  49.  Md  Ragnild  Olsd 
Stokkebru.  Fa  Knut  s  o  Knut  Knutsen  Gigstad  &  Anne. 
Mo  J0r0nd  d  o  Ole  &  Marit  Rogne. 

Ole  O  Gigstad  Valders  Wis  03—  Md  d  o  Thomas  O  Helle. 
S  o  Ole  K  Gigstad*. 

L  G  Gilbert  Buffalo  Minn  02-11— Dead. 

Nils -I  Gilbert  Eleva  Wis  02— Am  57.  Md  Anne  Olia  Olson 
fr  Larvik  S  o  Ivar  Gulbrandsen  Vaarumsengen  &  In- 
gri fr  Skammestein.  Civil  war  vet.  Lieut — Dead. 

Walter  Iver  Gilbert  Dumanjug  Cebu  P  I  07-15.  Fa  Gul- 
brand I  Gilbert  s  o  Iver  Gulbrandsen  Vaarumsengen  & 
Ingri.  Mo  Berthe  Maria  d  o  Bertel  Erickson. 


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A  H  Gilbertson  Duxby  Minn  12-16. 

Andrew  Gilbertson  Wells  Minn  08 — 

E   H   Gilbertson    (Flatbraaten)    Finley   N    D   08-13.      S   o 

Henry  Gilbertson  Flatbraaten,  S  Aurdal  &  Oline  Eriksd 

Void,  Bagn. 

Henry  Gilbertson  Portland  N  D  08-17. 
Hans  Gilbertson  Wells  Minn  06 — 
P  D  Gilbertson  Glenwood  Minn  16 — 
*Peder  P  Givre  Manitowoc  Wis  Am  49.     Md  Anne  Julsd 

Gulhaug.       S     o     Peder     Haagensen      (Haakensmoen) 

Gjevre  &  Anna  Nilsd  Ro'gn.  See  Anne  (Mrs  C  T)  Spar- 

stad. 

Adolph  Gjevre  Decorah  la  04-07. 
Rev  Anders  H  Gjevre  Minneapolis  03 —  Am  71.     Md  Berit 

Helgesd   Leine.     Fa   Haldor  Olsen   Hoyme.     Mo   Marit 

d  o  Guilder  Anderson  Gjevre  &  Berit  Olsd.     Ed  Luth 

Coll.  Author. 
Christoffer  Gjevre  Maynard  Minn  03-06  Am  81.     Md  Theo 

O  Jevne.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Gunder  Andersen  Gjevre  &  Aaste 

Nilsd  0degaarden.    Mo  Magrete  d  o  Christofer  C  Lerohl 

&  Kjersti  Thomasd  Mosaker — Dead. 
.  *Ole  G  Gjevre  Maynard  Minn  S  o  Gunnar  G  Gjevre  &  Gro 

H  Weflen. 

Ole  I  Gjevre  Nekoma  N  D  15— 
Haldor  B  Gladem  Petersburg  Nebr  05— 
K  B  Gladem  Petersburg  Nebr  07-13— Dead. 
Edward  Goli  Mt  Horeb  Wis  17— 
J  O  Goplerud  Silverton  Ore  14-17. 
Harald  C  Goplerud  Osage  la  02-10. 
I,  C  Goplerud  Portland  N  D  05— 
Arne  T  Gordon  Kensett  la  04-07.     S  o  Tideman  0degaar- 

den. 
Nels  T  Gordon  Kensett  la  04-15  Am  72.    Md  Gunild  Julsd 

Bjorgo.     Fa  Timan  0degaarden  N  Aurdal  s  o  Nils  Ar- 

neson  Aavok  &  Anne.     Mo  Aagot  d  o  Tore  Olsen  B0e 

&  Ingeborg. 
Nils  Gordon  Northfield  Minn  02-10. 


THE   MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  163 

Oliver  Gordon  Forest  City  la  04 — 
Gustav  S  Gorder  Decorah  la  06-10. 
Syver  L  Gothompson  Albany  Wis  04-17.  S  o  Syver  Gul- 

brandsen  Gaarder  fr  Hallingdal  &  Barbara  Helgesd,  Val- 

dris. 
Guttorm  Goul  Broadhead  Wis  08-14.     S  o  £ul  Guttormsen 

Ildjernstadhougen. 

Waldemar  Graff  Nora  Springs  la  06-11. 
Anton  Gran  Eau  Claire  Wis  13-17. 
Johan  C  Gran  Spring  Grove  Minn  02 —  Fr  Toten.    -Wife 

Olava  fr  Valdris. 
*Henry  Grove  Sacred  Heart  Minn.     Wife  Anna.     S  o  Ole 

O  &  Carrie  Grove. 

Martin  Granum  Montevideo  Minn  06 — 
-Ole  Granum  St  Paul  04-08. 
O  J  Gravem  Towner  N  D  14-17. 
Albert  Graves  Cresco  la  04-07  Fr  Trondhjem.     Md  Anne 

T  Sjel  fr  V  Slidre. 
Ed  Grefsrud  Mt  Horeb  Wis  04-16. 
Louis  G  Gr0nseth  West  Superior  Wis  02-15. 
A  O  Gr^nvold  Murdock  Minn  13-17. 
F  T  Gronvold  Rugby  N  D  13-17. 
Anders  A  Grove  Fertile  la  .03-16  Am  52.    Md  Guri  Pedersd 

Dokken.     Fa  Anders  Knutsen  Espelien,  Etnedalen.     Mo 

Ingri  d  o  Ole  Espeseth  &  Guri  T  Bjorgo. 
A  A  Grove  Minneapolis  04-11. 
Anders  Andersen  Grjzfv  Northfield  Minn  02-07. 
Christen  G  Grove  Minnewaukon  N  D  Am  05.     Bro  H  G 

Grove*. 

G  G  Grove  Grand  Forks  N  D  13 — 
Harald  Grove  Bismarck  N  D  04—  Am  84.  Md  Olia  Bren- 

den.    Fa  Guttorm  s  o  Harald  Gulbrandsen  Grov  &  Marit 

Kristiansd  Stugaarden.     Mo  Berit  d  o  Christian  Ildjern- 

stadhaugen  &  Guri. 
Julius  O  Grove  Glenwood  Minn  14— 
Nils  Grov  Manfred  N  D  11-13. 
Ole  Gro^e  Kenyon  Minn  04-13. 


164  THE    VALDRIS   BOOK 

Ole  H  Grove  Sacred  Heart  Minn  14-15.     Md  Clara  Viken. 

S  o  Ole  Grove,  0ie,  Vang  &  Kari  Strand,  0ie. 
*Ole  Olsen  Grov  Maynard  Minn  Am  69.     Md  Kari  Strand. 

Fa  Ole  Knutsen  Brekken.     Mo  Maglin  Grov  d  o  Nils  N 

Grov  &  Anne  Kvale. 
Ole  O  Grovslien  Greenbush  Minn  04-09  Am  69.    Md  Kjer- 

sti  Knudsd  L*en.     Fa  Ole  Grovslien  s  o  Ole  Torgersen. 

Mo  Kari  d  o  Kristen  Leira,  N  Aurdal  &  Kjersti. 
Martin  Gudheim  Minneapolis  06-10. 
Engebret  Gulbrandson   Starbuck   Minn    11-17.      Bro   Knut 

G*. 
Knut  Gulbrandson  Clontarf  Minn  12 —  Am  72.     Md  Gerte 

Hedde.    Fa  Gulbrand  s  o  Knut  Olsen  Slette  &  Anne.    Mo 

Maria  d  o  Engebret  Andersen  Bakken  &  Astri. 
Peder  Olson  Guldhaug  Hollandale  Wis  03  — Am  69.     Md 

Ingeborg  D  o  Ole  H  Andrea,  Leira. 
Andrew  Gullikson  Minneapolis  04 — 
Mrs  Gullik  Gullikson  Decorah  07— 
G  R  Gullikson  (RpVang)  Grafton  N  D  03-12. 
James  Gullickson  Nordness  la  04-14. 
Matt  Gullikson  Cando  N  D  11-12. 
H  O  Gullixson  Bode  la  12-15. 
P  A  Gunders  St  Paul  04-09. 
ivar  Gunderson  (Nefstad)  Pilot  N  D  12— 
Knut  Gunderson  Mclntosh  Minn  12 — 

Mrs  Rosine  (Anderson)  Haatvedt  Englund  Minn  04-09. 
Md  Arnt  Haatvedt.  Fa  Gilbert  Ten^en  s  o  Andreas  Ol- 
sen. Ragnild  Gulbrandsd  Skytterud.  Mo  Siri  d  o  Iver 
Olsen  &  Olaug  Baardsd. 

*Anders  A  Hagen  Maynard  Minn  Am  85.  Fa  Anders  s  o 
Anders  S  Hagen  &  Guri.  Mo  d  o  Trond  &  Ragnild 
Hermundstad. 

/hideis  E  Hagen  Nerstrand  Minn  02-09  Am  61.    Md  Anne 
Thostensd  Kj>s.     Fa  Erik  s  o  Erik  Andersen  Kj0s  & 
Marit.    Mo  Marit  d  o  J^rgen  Evensd  Lockrem  &  Anne- 
Dead. 


THE   MEMBERS    OF  THE   VALDRIS    SAMBAND  165 

Andreas  H  Hagen  Toronto  S  D  04-05. 

Anton  O  Hagen  Roseau  Minn  04-16.     Md  Anna  Caroline 

Lee.    S  o  Ole  Hagen,  Bagn. 
Erik  Hagen  Crary  N  D  13-15. 
Christian  Hagen  Modena  Wis  15 — 
Herman  Hagen  Modena  Wis  03-15. 
Iver  N  Hagen  Sisseton  S  D  09 — Am  84.    Md  Carrie  Nilson. 

Fa  Nils  s  o  Nils  Tostensen  Hippe.     Mo  Eli  Sundheims- 

marken  d  o  Iver  Sundheim  &  Ragnild  Belgum. 
John  I  Hagen  Emmons  Minn  09-12. 
Joseph  Hagen  Wannaska  Minn  05-12.     S  o  Ole  A  Hagen, 

Bagn. 

Julius  Hagen  Edgar  Wis  15-17. 
K  H  Hagen  Glenwood  Minn  11-17  Am  52.     Fa  Haldor  s  o 

Halvor  Hagen  &  Marit.     Mo  Gjertrud  d  o  Ole  Lien. 
Kristian  Hagen  Cyrus  Minn  05-08. 
Laura  Hagen  Dows  la  05-11.     D  o  Ole  Anderson  Hagen, 

Bagn. 

Mary  C  Hagen  Modena  Wis  03-07  Am  90.  Fa  Christian 
s  o  Johan  Andersen  B0hagen  Ulnes  &  Marit  Johanesd. 
Mo  Rangdi  d  o  Ole  Olsen  Hilme  &  Sigri  Engebretsd  Bus- 
sum.  Mrs  B  E  Lindberg.* 

Ole  E  Hagen  Dennison  Minn  05 —  Bro  Anders  E  Hagen*. 

Ole  O  Hagen  New  Richland  Minn  02-10. 

T  K  Hagen  Stanwood  Wash  13— 

Olaf  Hagene  Black  Earth  Wis  08— 

Rev  Knut  Hageseth  Mt  Horeb  Wis  05-06  Am  69.  Md 
Kjersti  Rye  Fa  Knud  Hageseth  s  o  Knut  Skrinsrud  & 
Anne.  Mo  Guri  d  o  Nils  &  Barbo  Thomaseth,  N  Etne- 
dalen.  Ed  Red  Wing  Sem — Dead. 

Iver  A  Hain  Minneapolis  03  — Bro  Ole  A  Hain. 

Ole  Hain  Manvel  N  D  06-11. 

Ole  A  Hain  Minneapolis  02 —  Am  75.  Md  Caroline  Thrond- 
rud.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Ole  Andersen  Hain  &  Barbo  Mit- 
moen  both  Hedalen.  Mo  Kari  d  o  Sjur  Ildjarnstad  & 
Kari  Haagensd  Kjendsrud. 


166  THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 

Mrs  Ole  A  Hain.  Caroline  d  o  Gulbrand  Olsen  Throndrud 

&  Eli  Dolven. 

Ole  Haldorson  (Mattisgar)  Kewaunee  Wis  04-12. 
A  A  Hall  Minneapolis  13— 
Helge  Hall  Middle  River  Minn  14— 
Mrs  Julia  Hall  Granite  Falls  Minn  05-13  D  o  O  O  Brenna 

Sr. 

Knud  J  Hall  Cottonwood  Minn  07— 
Thorstein   Hallin  Tioga   N   D   03-12  Am   51.     Fa   Torger 

Haalin  S  o  Eivind  Olsen  HoVe,    E  Slidre.     Mo  Sigri  d  o 

Tostein  Andersen  Lien,  E  Slidre. 
Peder  Halstein  Black  Earth  Wis  06-11. 
Halsten  Halstenson  Lakota  N  D  11— 
R   Halstenrud   Decorah   la   15— 
Elmer  Halvorson  Peterson  Minn  07-08. 
Halvor  Halvorsen  (Jome)   Decorah  la  05-11. 
Halvor  Halvorsen  Forestville  Wis  11 — 
Rev  H  Halvorson  Westby  Wis  16 — 
*Jeremias  Halvorson  Toronto  S  D  Am  92.     Wife  Ingrid. 

Fa  Halvor  Aaskjer  s  o  Jeremias  &  Anne.     Mo  Ingeborg 

d  o  Ole  &  Kari. 

John  Halvorson  Medina  N  D.  04— 
Knut  Halvorson  Sturgis  S  D  06-13. 
Nels  Halvorson  Mora  Minn  12-16. 
O  C  Halvorson  Brandt  S  D  07-12. 
Osten  Halvorson  Carpio  N  D  13 — 
Mrs  R  J  Halvorson  Los  Angeles  Calif  09-15  Rangdi  (Jevne) 

B0. 

Svennung  Halvorson  River  Falls  Wis  14-15. 
Torah  E  Halvorson  Ossian  la  02-15.     Fa  Ole  Halvorson, 

Kvale  W  Slidre.     Mo  Barbo  d  o  Thrond  &  Torah  Lorn- 
men. 

Gunder  Hammer  River  Minn  13 — 
Albert  Hamniersnes  Decorah  la  04-11 
E  J  Hamre  Montevideo  Minn  16-17. 
Helge  B  Hamre  Northfield  Minn  02-13. 
H  H  Hamre  Granite  Falls  Minn  02-06. 


THE   MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  167 

A  M  Hamre  Granite  Falls  Minn  08-14. 
Anton  Hamre  Decorah  la  07-08. 
Iver  J  Hamre  Decorah  la  06-08. 
Jacob  L  Hamre  Hayes  S  D  04-16. 

Knudt  J  Hamre  Elk  Point  S  D  02-13  Am  72.  S  o  John 
Knudtson  Vestrehaug.  W  Slidre  &  Turi  Evensd  Hamre, 
W  Slidre. 

Ole  J  Hamre  Dennison  Minn  02-14. 
Ole  Hamrey  St  Paul  02-11. 
O  L  Hamre  Hayes  S  D  04-11. 
Ole  T  Hamre  Decorah  la  Am  58.     Md  Ingeborg  Chris- 

tiansd,  W  SI— Dead. 
T  J  Hamre  Minot  N  D  02-07.    * 
Gilbert  H  Hanson  Finley  N  D  03-06. 
Mrs  Hans  J  Hanson  (Hannah  Caroline)  Veblen  S  D  03 — 

D  o  Thomas  A  Veblen*. 

*Mrs  Ingeborg  Hanson  Butler  S  D  Am  93.  Md  Carl  J 
Hanson.  D  q  B0ie  0stensen  0degaard  &  Anne  Knudsd 
Hagestranden. 

J  C  M   Hanson  Chicago  02—  Am  73.     Md  Sarah  Nelson. 
Jens  Christian  Meinich.     Fa  Gunnar  s  o  Hans  Brodahl 
&  Anne  Marie  Viker.     Mo  Eleonore  Adamine  d  o  Peder 
Heiberg  Rjzteberg  &  Mette  Margrethe  Bech.     Ed   Luth 
Coll  &  Cornell  Univ.  Librarian.    Author. 
John  Hanson  Minneapolis  04-07. 
John  Hanson  Hendricks  Minn  15 — 
Lars  G  Hanson    (Modalen,    Begndalen)    Grand    Meadow 

Minn  10— 

Peter  Hanson  Elbow  Lake  Minn  16 — 
Ole  E  Hasle  Park  River  N  D  10—  Md  Siri  Aamot.  (Reinli). 
Andrew  Hauge  Granite  Falls  Minn  06-17. 
G  A  Hauge  Glasgow  Mont  02-10. 
T  A  Hauge  Lewis  N  D  02-09. 

Albert  L  Hougen  Manitowoc  Wis  04-16.    Md  Emma  Enge- 
set.   S  o  Torger  K  Hougen,  E  SI  &  Anne  Berge,  Vang, 
Ed  St  Olaf. 
Anton  Haugen  Stillwater  Minn  04-06. 


168  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

A  O  Haugen  Montevideo  Minn  04-09 — Dead. 

C  E  Haugen  Hudson  Wis  11-16  (Mo  Fr  Valdris). 

Edwin  Haugen  New  Hampton  la  04-11. 

E  E  Haugen  Dennison  Minn  02-10. 

Gilbert  G  Haugen  Northfield  Minn  06-16. 

Gilbert  N  Haugen  Northwood  la  04-17  Hailing.  Md  Elise 
Evenson. 

G  T  Haugen  Pinecreek  Minn  13-17. 

Dr  G  T  Hougen  Battle  Lake  Minn  03-15. 

Gulbrand  T  Haugen  Minneapolis  05-09. 

Gustav  Haugen  Decorah  la  04-14. 

J  E  Haugen  St  Paul  09— 

J  O  Haugen  Forest  City  15 — 

Knut  A  Haugen  Toronto  S  D  04-13. 

K  K  Haugen  Dennison  Minn  10-11. 

K  N  Haugen  Dennison  Minn  03-15. 

Louis  Haugen  Fertile  Minn  15 — 

*Mrs  Martha  K  Haugen  Goodhue  Co  (P  O  Nerstrand 
Minn)  Am  50  Md.  Knut  Pedersen  Lensmandshaugen.  D 
o  0sten  B0e  &  Ingeborg. 

*Nils  K  Haugen  Dennison  Minn  Am  56.  Md  Ingeborg 
Knudsd  Bunde.  Fa  Knut  s  o  Thore  Knutson  Haugen  & 
Guri.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Endre  Lien,  Vang  &  Gjertru. 

Ole  G  Hougen  Nordness  la  04-15  Am  55.  Md  Oline  Viste. 
Fa  Gjermund  s  o  Ole  Thomassen  Torstad.  Mo  Marit  d  o 
Even  Olsen  Ulen. 

O  K  Haugen  Portland  N  D  11— 

Ole  O  Haugen  Montevideo  Minn  09 — 

Mrs  Ole  T  Hougen  Nerstrand  Minn  02 —  Marit  D  o  Thom- 
as A  Veblen*. 

Ole  T  Haugen  Lily  S  D  10-17. 

P  J  Haugen  Portland  N  D  15— 

Peder  O  Haugen  Decorah  03— 

Thomas  T  Haugen  Dennison  Minn  03-12. 

Mrs  0sten  O  Haugen  Ross  Minn  Am  86.  B  Hedalen  1837. 
Taran  d  o  Thor  s  o  Arne  Olsen  Stensrud,  S  Aurdal  & 
Jorand  Gulbrandsd  Ildjernstadhaugen,  Hedalen.  M  Tar- 


THE  MEMBERS   OF   THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  169 

an  d  o  Gulbrand  Haraldsen  Str0mmen,  Begndalen  &  Tar- 
an  Haraldsd  Nedre  Hengsle,  Aadalen — Died  1904. 

0sten  O  Hougen  Ross  Minn  04-07  Am  85.  Md  Taran 
Thorsd  Leikebakken,  S  Aurdal  '37.  Fa  Ole  0  Landsend- 
haugen  s  o  0sten  Paulsen  Bakkum,  Hedalen  &  Gjertrud 
Bj0rnsd  Hagen,  Hedalen.  Mo  Sigrid  d  o  J0rgen  Olsen 
Bergsrud,  Hedalen  &  Ragnild  Syversd  Grimsrud,  Begn- 
dalen. 

*Thomas  N  Haugen  (Arnehaugen)  Dennison  Minn  Am  54. 
Md  Gjertrud  Christofersd  Lykken.  Fa  Nils  Knutsen 
Helle,  Vang  s  o  Knut  Helle  &  Berit.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Thom- 
as Olsen  T^rstad  &  Gjertrud  Pedersd  Veblen. 

Thorvald  Haugen  Valders  Wis  08-13.     Md  Julia   Berge. 

5  o  Knud  Tollefsen  Hougen,  W  Slidre  &  Anne  Thoresd 
D0vre. 

Torger  K  Haugen  Manitowoc  Wis  08-12  Am  53.    Md  Anne 

Olsd  Berge,  Vang.     S  o  Knut  Nilsen  Haugen  &  Marit 

Knudsd  Onstad. 
T  T  Haugen  Jasper  Minn  07-16.     S  o  Thomas  Hjellehau- 

gen. 
Helge  S  Haugsrud  Superior  Wis  03  — Am  82.     Md  Minnie 

Corson.     S  o  Steingrim  Haugsrud  S  Aurdal  &  Hanna 

Skaugstad  Ringerike. 
Ivar  Haugsrud  Concord   Minn  05-11. 
Ole  Haugsrud  Medford  Minn  05-17. 
Olga  Haugsrud  Superior  Wis  06-10. 
S  Haugsrud  Duluth  Minn  06 — 
Mrs  Steiner  Haugsrud  Duluth  Minn  06. 
Nils  E  Hedal  Ada  Minn  04-05  Am  84.     Md  Marit  Svensd 

Hedal   D  98.     Md  2d  Ingri  Andersd   Beito.     S  o  Erik 

Hedalen. 
Ole  S  Hedahl  Manfred  N  D  04-17  Am  93     Md  Ingri  K 

J0rstad.     S  o  Sven  G  Hedalen  &  Guri  d  o  Ole  Olsen 

Rogne  &  Guri  Gudbrandsd  Melby— Died  '17. 
Xels  T  Hedalen   Fordville  N  D  05-16    Am  03.     Fa  Trend 

s  o  Nils  T  Hedalen  &  Guri.    Mo  Marit  d  o  Per  T  Skolte 

6  Ingeborg  K  Skolte. 


170  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Nels  T  Hedalen  Sr  Fordville  N  D  08— 

Christopher  J    Keen    Dennison    Minn   02 —  Am   66.     Md 

Marit  Aadsd.    S  o  John  Einarsen  Heen*  &  Eli  Endresd 

Rogn. 
John  E  Heen  Dennison  Minn  02-04  Am  66  Md  Eli  d  o  En- 

dre  N  Rogn  &  Marit  Quien  Vang.     Fa  Einar  C  Heen. 

Mo  Anne  d  o  John  K  Lerohl  &  Anne  T  Thorpe.    J  E  H 

died  1904. 

Ole  E  Heen  Maynard  Minn  04-10. 
Ole  G  Heen  Maynard  Minn  08— 
Ole  N   Heen  Max  Bass  N   D   07-13. 
Herman  Hegeseth  Dennison  Minn  06-13. 
*Ole  K  Hegge  Adams  Minn  Am  72.     Md  Berit  O  Hovey. 

Fa  Knut  s  o  Sven  Olsen  Hegge  &  Ragnild  Christensd 

Rogne.     Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Ole  Johnson  Kvale~&  Astri 

Christensd  Rogne. 
Mrs  Maria  Heidal  Radcliffe  la  09-16  Am  82.    Md  Rev  S  O 

Heidal.     Fa  Jacob  Knudsen  Ryggen.     Mo  Ingeborg  d  o 

Arne  Higdem  &  Ragnild  Solkjser. 
*Andrew  Helgeson  Michigan  N  D  Am  64.    Md  Kari  Alfsd 

Fretheim.     Fa  Helge  s  o  Ole  Sjzfrbo  &  Marit.     Mo  Marit 

d  o  Anders  &  Anne  Dale. 
E  H  Helgesen  Sherman  S  D  09— 
John  Helgeson  Hills  Minn  02 — 

Henry  T  Helgesen  Milton  N  D  10-17.     Md  Bessie  H  Nel- 
son.    Fa  Thomas  s  o  Helge  Rogn  &  Marit.     Mo  Marit 

Andersd  Haugo,  Vang  Member  of  Congress — Died  '17. 
Ole  Helgeson  Nord  N  D  04-11. 
*Ole  Helgeson  (S^rbo)  Am  65.     Md  Berit  V  Bunde.     Bro 

Andrew  H*. 

John  Helland  Niagara  N  D  13-14. 
M  E  Helland  Glenwood  Minn  16 — 
Ole  M  Helland  Mt  Horeb  Wis  08-11  Am  61.     Md  Ragnild 

Andreasd  Kringle,  Etnedalen.    Fa  Mikkel  s  o  Syver  K01- 

vesseteren,  Bagn  &  Anne.    Mo  Guro  d  o  Erik  &  Gjertrud 

Hellandsh01en. 
N  N  Helle  Harmony  Minn  13-16. 


THE   MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  171 

Knut  K  Helle  Hills  Minn  09— 

Ole  T  Helle  Reedsville  Wis  04-10  Am  48.  Md  Oline  Tide- 
mandsd  Hilmen  2d  Ida  Christiansen.  Fa  Thomas  s  o 
Ole  Thomassen  Helle  &  Marit.  Mo  Kari  d  o  Eivind 
H0yme  &  Sigrid — Dea'd. 

Peder  O  Helle  New  Richland  Minn  03-08— Dead. 

J  O  Hellie  Albert  Lea  Minn  06-11. 

0  K  Hellie  Albert  Lea  Minn  06— 
Christ  N  Hemsing  Rollis  Minn  04-07. 
Erik  Hemsing  Geneseo  N  D  10 — 
Henry  N  Hemsing  Rollis  Minn  04-06. 

Henry  Hendrickson  Chicago  05-11  Am  47.  Md  Walborg 
Eager.  Md  2d  Stella  C  Wing.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Hendrik 
Hendriksen  Hippe  &  Esther.  Mo  Guri  d  o  Ole  Oppei 
&  Marit.  Blind  author  &  lecturer. 

1  N  Hendrickson  Park  River  N  D  07-13. 
Johan  Hendrickson  Stillwater  Minn  04-07. 
O  N  Hendrickson  Genoa  Wis  15 — 

Nils  S  Heskin  Portland  N  D  10-12. 

S  N  Heskin  Portland  N  D  10-13. 

Arne  J  Higdem  Bagley  Minn  07 —  Am  87.     Md  Ingeborg. 

Fa  J0ger  s  o  Arne  Higdem  &  Ragnild,  N  Etnedal.     Mo 

Guri  d  o  Anders  Solberg  &  Siri. 
Lewis  Higdem  Portland  N  D  05-09. 
Thomas  O  Higdem  Portland  N  D  05-07. 
Olaf  Hildahl  Greenbush  Minn  13-14. 
Mrs  H  K  Hill  Seattle  Wash  12-15. 
Timan  O  Hill  Iduna  Wis  03-09  Am  48.    Md  Maria  Syversd 

Hoff.     S  o  Ole  Olsen  Bakken  &  Anne  Tidemandsd  Ber- 

gum.    N  Aurdal. 
Mrs  Berthe  Hills  Argyle  Wis  05—  Am  86.     Md  Knut  O 

Hills.    D  o  Iver  Hesjedalen  Aaseneie  &  Olaug  d  o  Baard 

Jensen  H^lersaeterbygden,  Bagn. 
Knut  O  Hills  Canby  Ore  05  —Am  52.     Md  Berthe  Iversd 

Dalen.    S  o  Ole  Bakkerne  &  Kari  Kj^rstad,  N  Aurdal. 
E  O  Hilmen  Modena  Wis  06— 
Iver  I  Hippe  Starbuck  Minn  03 —  Am  68.  Md  Anna  Eriksd 


172  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

N  Aurdal.  Fa  Iver  s  o  Iver  Iversen  Hippe  &  Berit 
Granum.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Engebret  Nilsen  Fodnes  &  Sigri 
Maanum. 

Even  A  Hjelle  Whalan  Minn  02—  Am  65.  Md  Berg-it 
Kaasa.  Fa  Anders  Koljorde  s  o  Even  Okshovd  &  Randi 
d  o  Kristofer  Kvien  &  Anne  Thune.  Mo  Kari  d  o  Aslak 
Norland  &  Ingeborg  Gjermundsd  Lomen. 

Mrs  J  L  Hjorth  Minneapolis  04-13. 

H  P  Hoff  Norton  N  D  07-16. 

John  Hoff  Grand  Meadow  Minn  14-16 — Dead. 

Johan  B  Hoff  Grand  Meadow  Minn  10-12. 

N  J  Hoff  St  Paul  07-10. 

Ole  L  Hoff  Farwell  Minn  02-06  Am  66.  Wife  Susanna. 
S  o  Lars  E  H0ve  &  Inge  Toresd  Juven. 

S  E  Hoff  Foley  Minn  13— 

T  L  Hoff  Glenwoocl  Minn  14- 

Edwin  K  Hogenson  Grafton  N  D  03 —  S  o  Knut  Hogenson 
Slidre  &  Mali  Eivindsd  (H0ime)  (Kr^ss)  Eikro. 

Jens  T  Hoime  Bryant  S  D  03 —  S  o  Thomas  H0ime. 

K  S  Hoime  Edgerton  Minn  11-13. 

'Barbro  Holdahl.  Beldenville  Wis  11-14  D  o  Tolleiv  Holdahl 

Bendix  Holdahl  Roseau  Minn  03-17  Am  87.  Md  Amelia 
Anderson.  Fa  Tolleiv  s  o  Nils  &  Anne  Holdahl,  Skraut- 
vaal.  Mo  Ingeborg  d  o  Bendix  Gladheim  &  Barbro  Sol- 
brekken— Died  '17. 

N  O  Holdahl  Ellsworth  Wis  04- 

Olaf  Holdahl  Roseau  Minn  04—  Am  88.  Md  Anna  M  Knud- 
son  d  o  Ulrik  Knudson  Gigstad.  S  o  Tolleiv  Holdahl. 

Ottar  T  Holdahl  Maddock  N  D  12-17. 

S0ren  Holdahl  Beldenville  Wis  04— 

S0ren  T  Holdahl  Roseau  Minn  04—  S  o  Tolleif  Holdahl*. 

Tolleif  Holdahl  Beldenville  Wis  02-10  Am  88.  Md  Inge- 
borg d  o  Bendix  Gladheim  &  Barbro  Solbrekken.  S  o 
Nils  &  Anne  Holdahl,  Skrautvaal— Dead. 

Thorbj^rn   B   Holdahl   Roseau   Minn   04-16.     S   o   Tolleif 

Erik  S  Holden  Canton  S  D  08-12. 

Knut  E  Holden  Sioux  Falls  S  D  03-18— Dead. 


THE   MEMBERS   OF   THE   VALDRIS   SAMBAND  173 

Ole  Holden  Hudson  Wis  04-17. 

Ragnild  Holen  Moody  Minn  06-09  Am  82.  Fa  Syver  M 
Helen.  Mo  Sigrid  d  o  Tore  &  Andrea  Hagaseth. 

Syver  M  Holen  Moody  Minn  05-11. 

K  H  Holian  Maynard  Minn  04-14. 

Andrew  K  Holien  Havre  Mont  05-15  Am  77.  Md  Nettie 
Thomasd  Wold.  Fa  Knut  s  o  Johan  Knudsen  Holien. 
Mo  was  d  o  Anders  &  Barbro  Ellestad. 

G  E  Holien  St  Paul  04-11. 

Hans  O  Holien  Dennison  Minn  04-09. 

Osten  Holien  Sherman  S  D  15 — 

Christoffer  E  Holien  Kerkhoven  Minn  05 —  Am  66.  Md 
Berit  Jakobsd  Hamre.  Fa  Even  H^verstadeie  s  o  Chris- 
toffer Mosaker.  Mo  Anne  Kvismo  d  o  Tosten  Pedersen 
&  Ingri. 

Tosten  Holien  Kerkhoven  Minn  13 —  Bro  C  E  Holien. 

John  Hoist  Tacoma  Wash  12-15. 

.Lr-£e  Hope  Fessenden  N  D  17 — 

C  E  Hovda  Grand  Meadow  Minn  10-13. 

*Christopher  A  Hovda  Maynard  Minn  Am  83.  Md  Anne 
Christophersd  Lerhol.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Anders  Hovda  & 
Mali  Lien,  E  Slidre.  Mo  Berthe  d  o  Anders  Knutsen 
0io  &  Martha  Olsd  Berge. 

John  S  Hove  Bartlett  N  D  11— 

Knut  Hove  Graf  ton  N  D  03. 

Tosten  T  Hove  St  Paul  02— 

Torger  N  Hove  Barton  N  D  02-10  Am  88.  Md  Marit  T 
Grythe.  S  o  Nils  T  Hovi  (fr  Berg),  E  Slidre  &  Gjer- 
trud  Andersd  Framstad. 

Hoval  Hovalson  Hancock  Minn  04 —  Am  91.  Fa  Haavel 
Syversen  0degaarden  S  Aurdal.  Mo  Guri  d  o  Ole  A 
Knatshaugen,  Reinli  &  Astri  Olsd  Disrud. 

*Even  Hover  Locust  la  Am  68.  Md  Bertha  Maria  Chris- 
tian. Fa  Haaver  Hoyme  s  o  Even  Evenson  Roble.  Mo 
Bertha  Larsd. 

Edward  Hoverson  Beach  N  D  03— Am  69.     Md  Ragnild 


174  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

.  Anderson.  Fa  Hovel  Syverson  fr  Lerskogen  Mo  Thora 
d  o  Anders  Andersen  Eidsbakken,  Aadalen. 

Anders  T  Hoverstad  Maynard  Minn  03 —  Md  Berthe  Ler- 
ohl.  Fa  Thorstein  s  o  Anders  Andersen  H0verstad  fr 
Hamre  &  Berit  Aastad.  Mo  Berthe  Lerohl  d  o  Kristo- 
fer  K  Lerohl  &  Kjersti  Mosaker. 

Bertha  Hoverstad  Dennison  Minn  05-13.  Sister  o  Torger 
A.  Ed  Univ  Minn  &  Cornell  Univ. 

Can-pie  Hoverstad  Dennison  Minn  09-10  Sister  o  Torger 
A  H.  Md  K  B  Norsving. 

Rev  Helge  Hoverstad  Sioux  City  la  02 —  Am  92.  Fa  Tor- 
ger s  o  Anders  Andersen  Hoverstad  &  Berit  Hamre. 
Mo  Gjertrud  d  o  Helge  Helgesen  Leine  Ed  Norway 
&  U  Ch  Theol  Sem. 

Mrs  Ingeborg  Hoverstad  Dennison  Minn  08-10.  Md  An- 
ders A  Hoverstad.  D  o  Knut  Estrem. 

Rev  Torgeir  Hoverstad  Wayzata  Minn  02 —  Bro  Helge  H*. 

Torger  A  Hoverstad  Dennison  Minn  02 —  Md  Mary  Cor- 
nelia Thompson.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Anders  Anderson  H0v- 
erstad  Mo  Ingebor  d  o  Knut  Evenson  Estrem  &  Kari 
Keen.  Ed  U  Minn.  Author  &  Lecturer. 

Tosten  A  Hoverstad  Nerstrand  Minn  07-10. 

Iver  O  Hovey  Tioga  N  D  06—  Am  98.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Alf  T 
R0vang.  Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Ole  K  Rogne  &  Ingeborg 
Iversd.  Ed  Luth  Coll. 

O  A  Hovey  Butte  Mont  10—  Bro  I  O  Hovey*. 

O  S  Hovey  Fessenden  N  D  16 — 

Pete  Hovey  Grafton  N  D  04-11— Dead. 

Gilbert  K  Hovie  Thief  River  Falls  15-16. 

Ole  Hovie  Lake  Mills  la  03— 

K  H  Hoyme  Hills  Minn  12-16. 

Alf  A  H^yne  Sioux  Falls  S  D  03-15. 

Halvor  E  Huset  Chetek  Wis  14-15— Dead. 

O  L  Huset  Hatton  N  D  12— 

Henry  S  Ingvaldson  Minneapolis  07 —  S  o  Syver  Ingvald- 
son* — Dead. 


THE   MEMBERS    OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  175 

Syver  Iligvaldson  Hills  Minn  02-17.     Md  d  o  Halvar  Hal- 

vorsen  Lome. 

Trond  Ingvaldson  Decorah  la  11-12. 
Chas  Isaacs  Milaca  Minn  04  — Am  55.    Md  Susan  Jorgen,- 

son  Graven.     Fa  Knut  Aslagsen  Haadem  later  Kampen. 

Mo  Marit  d  o  Knut  &  Sigrid  Berg. 
Svend  Isakson  Grand  Meadow  Minn  13 — 
Tolleff  Istad  Decorah  la  08—  Am  69.    Md  Ingri  Vik.     Fa 

Anders  0degaarden  W  Slidre. 
Mrs  David  Iverson  Fessenden  N  D  16 — 
Endre  Iverson  Dennison  Minn  02-13. 
*Even  Iverson  (Milevandet)  Petersburg  N  D  Am  79.     Fa 

Iver  s  o  Even  &  Anne  Hagen.     Mo  Guri  d  o  Ole  Lie  & 

Gunild  Turibraaten. 
Gilbert  Iverson  Osage  la  09-12. 
Iver  Iverson  Harrisburg  S  D  02-12. 
*Iver  Iverson  (Th0n)  Valders  Wis  Am  50.     "Vesl'  Ivar." 

Md  Anne  Thoresd  D0vre. 
M  Iverson  Manvel  N  D  13 —  Fr  S  Aurdal. 
Ole  Iverson  Michigan  N  D  14-17. 
Ole  Iverson  Bryant  S  D  03— 
Tobias  Iverson  Granite  la  02-12  Am  63.     Md  Sigri  Riste. 

S  o  Ivar  Lykken  &  Kari.Steinde  N  Aurdal — Dead. 

Arne  L  Jackson  Wallace  S  D  04 —  Am  63.  Md  Martha 
Erager.  Fa  Isak  Klevgaard  s  o  Christen  Knutsen  Gr0n- 
bakke  &  Astri  Olsd  Klevgaard.  Mo  Siri  d  o  Arne  Olsen 
Hovde,  Etnedalen  &  Anne  Rustebakke. 

Ole  A  Jackson  (Klevgaard)  Mclntosh  Minn  05 —  Bro 
Arne  L  J. 

Chris  Jackson  Albert  Lea  Minn  13-17. 

Knut  C  Jackson  (Klevgaard)  Red  Lake  Falls  Minn  05-07. 
Bro  A  L  J. 

A  O  Jacobs  Northfield  Minn  04-13. 

John  O  Jacobson  Albert  Lea  Minn  06-16. 

Mrs  Ole  Jacobson  Nekoma  N  D  04-07. 

Oscar  Jacobson  Barrett  Minn  17— 


176  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Inger  Dorthea  Jagerson  Decorah  la  03-10.  Fa  Ole  s  o 
J0ger  J0gersen  Nyhagen,  E  Slidre  &  Ingri  Tollefsd 
Gjsero.  Mo  Ambjjzfr  d  o  Ole  Trondsen  Myhre  &  Dorthe 

,  Iversd  Thune. 

J  O  F  Jagerson  Decorah  la  06-09.    Bro  of  Inger  D  J. 

Carl  L  Jeglum  Huntington  la  04-07. 

John  Jensvold  Duluth  Minn  08— 

Louise  Jensvold  Cylinder  la  13-15. 

Mrs  N  P  Jesperson  Wayzata  Minn  02-11. 

Knud  O  Jevne  Sacred  Heart  Minn  02-15  Am  73.  Md 
Christine  Berthe  Maria.  Fa  Ole  Jevne  s  o  Anders  Lar- 
sen  &  Gunnild  Olsd.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Ole  Andersen  Foll- 
inglo,  Svenes  &  Dordei  Olsd. 

Lars  Jevne  Mt  Horeb  Wis  04-09.    Bro  K  O  Jevne*. 

Thosten  R  Jevne  Wetaskiwin  Alta  Can  07—  Am  72.  Md 
Mary  Evensd  Kj0s.  Fa  Reier  s  o  Torger  Torgersen 
Jevne  &  Gjertru  Klokkergaard,  Vang.  Mo  Ingeborg  d  o 
Tosten  Tostensen  Kj0s  &  Marit  Ellingbp'. 

Anton  J  Johnson  Spring  Grove  Minn  13 — 

Mrs  B  A  Johnson  Waseca  Minn  10-16. 

Erik  Johnson  Downing  Wis  13-15. 

Even  Johnson  Chicago  07 — 

Gilbert  Johnson  Grand  Forks  N  D  07— 

Gust  Johnson  Roseau  Minn  15-17. 

Halsten  Johnson  Minneapolis  09-17. 

Tver  O  Johnson  Traverse  Minn  10-16. 

Dr  John  Sabert  Johnson  St  Paul  02  — Md  Emily  Nickels. 
Fa  Martin  Johnson  s  o  Johan  of  Land  &  Marit  of  Val- 
dris  lineage.  Mo  Barbra  Gaarder  d  o  Syver  Anfinsen 
Piltingsrud  &  Sigri  Syversd  Aasli.  Ed  Beloit  Coll  & 
Mich  Univ. 

John  Johnson  Cresco  la  04-05  Am  61.  Md  Anne  Pedersd 
Ekren,  Hurum.  Johannes.  Fa  Johannes  s  o  Knudt  Jo- 
hannessen  Holien  &  Margrete  Kvien.  Mo  Berit  d  o  An- 
ders Sjzfrre  Bunde  &  Berit. 

Knut  Johnson  Toronto  S  D  03-10  Am  51.  Md  Mari  John- 
son. Md  2d  Berit.  Knud  -Johnson  Nesja  W  Slidre. 


THE  MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  177 

Martin  Johnson  Orfordville  Wis  04-10. 
Mrs  Martin  Johnson  Dell  Rapids  S  D  14-16. 
Ole  JoTinson  (Kaarstad)  Chicago  03-09.     Bro  Even  John- 
son— Dead. 

Ole  Johnson  Fordville  N  D  08-16. 
Ole  Johnson  Albert  Lea  Minn  04-09. 

Ole  Johnson  (Hougen)  Newman  Grove  Nebr  03 —  Am  73. 
Md  Lavina  Andersd.  Fa  Johannes  s  o  Mekkel  Johannes- 
sen  Haugen  &  Aagot  Olsd  Mistrand.  Mo  Marit  Gausa- 
ger,  Svenes  d  o  Sven  Engebretsen  Ulnes  &  Sigri  Swendsd 
Nordre  Lien,  S  Aurdal. 
Sven  Johnson  Stanton  Nebr  09-13. 

Rev  Thomas  Johnsen  (Lomen  or  Flisen)  St  Peter  Minn 
04-06  Am  51.  Md  Maren  E  C  Sahlgaard.  S  o  John  An- 
finson  Oldre,  Vang  &  J0rend  Gjermundsd  Lomen.  Ed  St 
Louis — Dead. 

Tosten  Johnson  (Lomen  or  Flisen)  Climax  Minn  03-14  Am 
51.  Md  Thora  Ingebretsd.  Bro  Thos  Johnsen*.  Mem 
legislature — Dead. 

*Oscar  Johnsrud  Manitowoc  Wis.  Fa  Knud  s  o  Knud 
Johnsen  Johnsrud  &  Marit  Olsd  Vindingstad.  Mo  Inge- 
borg  d  o  Halvor  Olsen  Skatrud  &  Ingeborg  Tollefsd 
Vindingstad. 

Torger  K  Johnsrud  Manitowoc  Wis  02-07  Am  59.  Md  An- 
ne G  Kj0k.  Fa  Knud  s  o  Jon  Torgersen  Johnsrud.  Mo 
Marit  d  o  Ole  Torgersen  Vindingstad  &  Kari  Gulbrandsd 
H0dne. 

Mrs  Ragnild  (Kvien)  Johnsrud  Montevideo  Minn  08 —  Md 
Thorsten  Johnsrud. 

Ole  E  Jome  Decorah  la  05-06. 

A  C  J^randby  Grafton  N  D  03-06. 

Matilda  Jordet  Modena  Wis  03-06. 

Olaus  Jordet  Montevideo  Minn  03-10. 

Ole  Jordet  Modena  Wis  04-06. 

Ole  Jorgens  Minneapolis  02-12  Am  61.  Gudrid  Hovda. 
Fa  J0rgen  Hellingen  s  o  Ole  Halvorsen  Fremgaarden, 


178  THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 

Reinli.     Mo  Secilia  Hagene  d  o  Eiliv  Slottet  &  Ingrid 

Hafton. 
*Edward  Jorgensen  De  Pere  Wis  Am  81.  (Ivar).    Fa  Knut 

Kristianspladsen,  E  Slidre  s  o  Jjzfrgen  Jjzfrnsen  &  Barbo 

Knudsen.     Mo  Kirsti  J0rstad  d  o  Ivar  Gulbrandsen  & 

Guri  Olsd. 

Tollev  Jorgenson  Kewaunee  Wis  04-11. 
Gerhard  Jorgenson  Decorah  la  04-13. 
*Nils  N  Jorstad  Crosby  N  D  Am  74    S  o  Nils  Nilsen  Jfjzfr- 

stad  &  Barbro  Nilsd — Dead. 
Nils  O  J^rdstad  Manfred  N  D  10-13. 
Ole  H  Jarstad  Fordville  N  D  04— 
Mrs  Ole  N  Jordstad  Beldenville  Wis  08-17. 
Ole  T  Jarstad  Kenyon  Minn  03-13  Am  70.     Md  Ellen  O 

Enger.    Bro  T  T  J*— Dead. 
Thorleif  T  Jorstad  Harvey  N  D  10—  Am  93.     Md  Rangdi 

O  Dokken.     Fa  Tollef  Jsero  s  o  Syver  Tollefsen  &  Inga 

Olsd.    Mo  Marit  d  o  Mikkel  Christensen  Rogne  &  Guri 

Torsteinsd  Presthegge. 
Mrs  U  Julson  Canton  S  D  15 — 
Rev  Ole  Juul  Brandon  Minn  02-03  Am  48.    Fa  Juul  s  o  Ole 

Trondsen    (0vre    Hoy  me)    Gtildhaug.      Mo    Berit   Evensd 

0vre  Hoyme — Dead. 
Olav  Juvkam  Minneapolis  06-08. 

Mrs  John  Kalberg  Red  Top  Minn  16 — 

E  P  Kalstad  Amherst  Junction  Wis  14-17. 

Andrew  A  Kampelien  Pinecreek  Minn  05-07  Am  90.  Bro  H 
A  K*. 

Halvor  A  Kampelien  Pinecreek  Minn  05-10  Am  87.  Fa 
Anders  Kampelien  s  o  Ole  Benson  &  Helene.  Mo  Johanna. 

Knut  O  Kampelien  Pinecreek  Minn  04-11  Am  79.  Md  Kari 
Arnesd  Espelien.  Fa  Ole,  fr  Langedrag  N  Aurdal  s  o 
Anders  &  Berit  Langedrag,  N  Aurdal.  Mo  Helena  0y- 
gaarden,  Etnedalen  d  o  Anders  Hestekind  &  Helge. 

Ole  A  Kampelien  Pinecreek  Minn  04-12    Bro  H  A  K*. 

Otto  E  Kamrud  Starbuck  Minn  15— 


THE   MEMBERS   OF   THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  179 

Iver  Kana  Fertile  Minn  03-12  Am  84.  Md  Lise  Haugen. 
S  o  Ole  Olsen  &  Berte  Iversd,  S  Aurdal— Dead. 

Oscar  Kana  Grafton  N  D  03-13.    S  o  Ivar  Kana. 

Herman  Karlsgodt  Minneapolis  07 — 

Olaf  Karlsgodt  Big  Sandy  Mont  06 — 

Ole  Karlsgodt  Big  Sandy  Mont  09— 

*Helge  Erikson  Kasa  Dennison  Minn  Am  54.  Md  Ingri 
Iversd  Oldre.  Fa  Erik  s  o  Helge  Kasa  &  Berit.  Mo 
Berit  d  o  John  Nystuen  &  Berit.  Civ  war  vet. 

H  H  Kasa  Dennison  Minn  02-12. 

John  E  Kasa  Dennison  Minn  05-10. 

Mrs  J  N  Kildahl  St  Paul  04 —  Fa  Lars  Soine.  Mo  Anne  El- 
lestad. 

Mrs  Annie  King  Tacoma  Wash  04-11  Am  67.  Md  L  B 
King.  D  o  Harald  Onsrud,  Hedalen  &  Olaug  Bergsrud, 
Hedalen — Dead. 

Knut  Kirkeberg  Gunder  la  13 — 

Rev  Ole  L  Kirkeberg  Dallas  Wis  02—  Am  74  &  89.  Md 
Julia  Malvina  Christmas.  Md  2d  time.  Fa  Lars  s  o 
Knud  Larsen  Kirkeberg  &  Maria  Andersd  Kulterstad. 
Mo  Anne  d  o  Ole  Syversen  Olmhus  &  Kari  Arnesd 
Aasen.  Ed  Bruun's  and  Asker  Folkeh^iskoler.  Author. 

Ludvig  D  Kirkevold  Kristiania  02 —  S  o  Ole  Kirkevold 
Fredrisksvaern. 

Ole  Kirkevold  Fredriksvsern  10 — Dead. 

Ole  Kirkevold  Jr  Calgary  Canada  15 —  S  o  Ole  K,  Fredriks- 
vaern. 

Ole  Kirkevold  Hayfield  Minn  05-17. 

Einar  Kjensrud  Sacred  Heart  Minn  13 — 

Erik  T  Kjensrud  Portland  N  D  05— 

Ole  T  Kensrud  Portland  N  D  10-15  Am  67.  Md  Johanne 
N  Hovda.  S  o  Tidemand  Kjensrud  fr  Bergsrud,  Hedal- 
en. 

H  O  Kjome  Thief  River  Falls  Minn  13-17. 

A  O  Kjorlien  Kempton  N  D  12-15. 

O  K  Hj^rlien  Cresco  la  03-15. 

K  E  Kjornes  Minneota  Minn  13-15. 


180  THE   VALDRIS  BOOK 

Gilbert  H  Kj^rstad  Glenwood  Minn  08-13.  Md  Ragnhild 
Landsrud.  Fa  Harald  s  o  Ole  Eriksen  Dsehle  &  Marit 
Eriksd  Revling.  Mo  Guri  d  o  Thrond  B^rselien  &  Kari 
Lie — Dead. 

*Harald  Kjjzfrstad  Glenwood  Minn  Am  67.  Md  Anne 
Thoresd  Dahl.  Md  2d  Guri  Throndsd  Lien.  Fa  Ole  s  o 
Erik  Tidemandsen  &  Inge  Haraldsd.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Erik 
Ulriksen  Revling. 

Ole  H  Kjjzfrstad  Nobleton  Wis  07-10.  S  o  Harald  Kj0r- 
st?id*. 

Knut  Ostenson  Kj0s  Milwaukee  Soldiers  Home  02-16  Am 
62.  Fa  0sten  Knudsen  0vre  Kj0s.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Tos- 
ten  Roine.  Civ  war  vet. 

Nils  0  Kj0s  Fessenden  N  D  11-13. 

Rev  Torgeir  Kj0s  Camrose  Alberta  07 —  Bro  K  O  Kj0s*. 

E  Klemesrud  Crookston  Minn  05-15  Am  93.  Md  Marit 
Midtre  Lie.  S  o  Erik  H  Klemesrud  &  Kari  O. 

Harald  K  Klemesrud  Nora  Springs  la  02  — S  o  Knud  H  K*. 

Herman  K  Klemesrud  Nora  Springs  la  03 —  S  o  Knud 
H  K*. 

Herman  S  Klemesrud  Nora  Springs  la  04 —  Am  82.  Md 
Inger  Maria  K  Rustad,  Hedalen.  Fa  Syver  s  o  Herman 
S  B0n,  Reinli  &  Kari  K  Kammen.  Mo  Gjertrud  d  o 
Anders  Lien,  Reinli  &  Anne  Syversd,  Reinli. 

Knud  H  Klemesrud  Nora  Springs  la  03 —  Am  66.  Md 
Liv  Haraldsd  Grove  Fa  Herman  s  o  Syver  Hermanson 
Klemesrud  fr  B0n,  Reinli  &  Guri  Olmhus  Mo  Kari  d  o 
Knud  Knudsen  Kammen. 

Martin  K  Klemesrud  McVille  N  D  06—  S  o  Knud  H  K*. 

Iver  Kleven  Klevenville  Wis  03-15. 

Knut  Kleven  Mt  Horeb  Wis  08-12. 

Ole  Kleven  Minot  N  D  14-16. 

S  B  Klevgaard  East  Grand  Forks  Minn  09-12. 

Arne  Knutson  Mapleton  Minn  04-10. 

Arne  Knutson  Pinecreek  Minn  03—  Am  81.  Md  Gjer- 
trud Anderson.  Fa  Knut  Ruse  so  o  Arne  &  Kari  Rom. 
Mo  Anna  d  o  Arne  &  Kari  Nysven,  Etnedalen. 


181 

E  Knudson  Minneapolis  09-13. 

*Gulbrand  Knudtson  Starbuck  Minn  Am  72.  Md  Maria 
Engebretsd  Bakken.  Fa  Knud  (Husmand  to  0vre  Garli) 
s  o  Ole  Knudsen  Sletten  &  Anne.  Mo  Ingeborg  d  o 
Erik  Gulbrandsen  Massestuen  &  Marit  Bj^rnsd. 

Halvor  Knutson  Valders  Wis  10-17 — Dead. 

Henry  Knudson  Michigan  N  D  10 — 

*Henry  Knudson  Heron  Lake  Minn.  S  o  Knud  Christen- 
sen  Klevgaard  (Am  name  Knud  Christy)  &  Anne  Hen- 
driksd  Fuglien,  N  Aurdal. 

Johan  Knudson  Minneota  Minn  16-17. 

Knut  Knutson  Benson  Minn  16 —  Am  72.  Fa  Knud  s  o 
Knud  Pedersen  Aaberg  &  Guro  Enersd.  Mo  Marit  d  o 
Gulik  Sundem  &  Ragne  Hippe.  Mem  Legislature. 

Ole  Knutson  Forestville  Wis  16 — 

Ole  Knutson  Fargo  N  D  13-16. 

Peder  Knutson  Valders  Wis  14 — 

Sven  Knutson  (0degaard)  Clear  Lake  la  12 — 

Thomas  Knutson  Minneapolis  09-15  Md  Emma  Navrud, 
Reinli.  S  o  Knut  Knutsen  Guldhaug. 

Thord  Knudson  Homestead  N  D  09-13.  S  o  Knud  Eikro 
near  Stende,  Ulnesbygd. 

Tidemand  Knutson  Blue  Mounds  Wis  13-17. 

Andrew  Kolden  Petersburg  Nebr  07-15. 

Elling  Kolstad  Cannon  Falls  Minn  04-15. 

Knut  Kolstad  Brill  Wis  09-11. 

Knud  A  Kolstad  St  Hilaire  Minn  04 —  Am  86.  Fa  Anders 
Kolstad-braaten  s  o  Ole  Anderson  Melbyeiet  &  Ragnild 
Pedersd.  Mo  Helleborg  d  o  Ole  Bendiksen  Hovi  (or 
Grobakken)  &  Kjirsti  Jurunsd. 

Peter  A  Kolstad  St  Hilaire  Minn  04-15  Am  86.  Kolstad- 
braaten — Dead. 

Ole  A  Komprud  Dennison  Minn  03 —  Am  64.  Md  Emilie 
Louise.  Fa  Anders  Olsen  Komprud  fr  Land.  Mo  Kari 
d  o  Tosten  Lockrom  &  Kari. 

O  O  Kongslien  Rhinelander  Wis  02-13. 

T  O  Kongslien  Rhinelander  Wis  02-16. 


182  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

H  H  Korstad  Brookings  S  D  03-12. 

Timan  G  Kulterstad  Minneapolis  04-13. 

Bertha  Kvale  Minneapolis  02-10. 

Gullik  E  Kvale  Bawlf  Alberta  04— 

Ingeborg  Kvale  Northfield  02-12. 

Nils  Olsen  Kvale  Minneapolis  02 — 

Nils  Olson  Kvale  Tolley  N  D  08-16  Am  01.     Fa  Ole  s  o 

Jul  Kvale  &  Gjertrud  Bjelb^le.     Mo  Gro  d  o  Nils  G 

Sjzlgaarden  &  Sissel  T  Alvstad. 
Rev  O  J  Kvale  Benson  Minn  03 —  Md  Ida  Tonetta  Simley. 

5  o  Juul  Kvale  &  Gro  Egge.    Ed  Luther  Coll. 
Thorstein  T  Kvale  Rudell  Minn  02-16. 

R  O  Kvernen  Portland  N  D  09— 

E  L  Kvernstuen  Dalton  Minn  10 — 

Andrew  Kvien  Fosston  Minn  04-15.    Bro  Austin  Kvien* — 

Dead. 
Anders  K  Kvien  Pinecreek  Minn  06 —  Am  87.    Md  Gurine 

Gjenstad,  b.  Kvismoen.     Fa  Knut  s  o  Anders  Veblen  & 

Marit.    Mo  Sigri  d  o  Ole  A  T^rstad  &  Sigrid. 
Austin  Kvien  Woodlake  Calif  02  — Am  86.     Md  Bertha 

Lajord.    0ystein.    Fa  Knut  s  o  Anders  £)stensen  Kvien 

6  Ragnhild  Knutsd.    Mo  Marit  d  o  Torstein  Tidemand- 
sen  R0ine  &  Sigrid. 

Ole  K  Kvien  Montevideo  Minn  03-10.    Bro  Austin  Kvien*. 

Lage  Lageson  Maddock  N  D  10 —  Am  83.  Md  Mathilda 
M  Arne.  Fa  Iver  Brenden  s  o  Lage  Iversen  Braaten 
&  Anne  Hendriksd  Brenden.  Mo  Rangdi  d  o  Anders 
Gulbrandsen  &  Siri  Knudsd. 

Mrs  Maren  Lajord  Minneapolis  06 —  Md  Thomas  Lajord. 
D  o  Thrond  Kattevold. 

Thomas  Lajord  Minneapolis  03-06  Am  70.  Md  Maren 
Throndsd  Kattevold.  Fa  Thorstein  s  o  Thorstein  La- 
jord &  Guri  Simensd  S0ine.  Mo  Ingeborg  d  o  Thomas 
Madsen  Nertrost  &  Berith  Thune.  Ed  Hamar  Sem— Died 
1906. 

Nils  Landmark  Hancock  Minn  13 — 


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T  O  Landmark  Michigan  N  D  10—  Am  83.    S  o  Ole  Thom- 

assen  Landmark  &  Ingri  P  Moen. 
A  E  Landsrud  Albert  Lea  Minn  02-10. 
Austin  Landsrud  Grand  Forks  N  D  05-13. 
M  E  Landsrud  Emmons  Minn  02-16. 
*Torger  E    Landsrud   Decorah   la  Am   56.      Md   Ambj^r 

Rovang.    S  o  Endre  Landsrud. 
Halvor  Larson  Toronto  S  D  04-16. 
Hans  Larson  Brandon  S  D  13 — 
L  L  Larson  Cashton  Wis  10-17. 
O  P  Larson  Whitehall  Wis  10-12. 
W  A  Larson  Hills  Minn  02-09. 
Mrs  A  D  Lawrence  Chicago  10-14.    Anne  Iversd  Lockrom 

—Dead. 

Abraham  Lee  Morris  Minn  16 — 
Andris  B  Lee  Farwell  Minn  02 — 

A  K  Lee  Berwick  N  D  06-13— Dead.    Bro  Knut  K  Lee*. 
Mrs  C  K  Lee  Mclntosh  Minn  05-08  Am  83.    Md  Charley 

Lee.    Inger  d  o  Erik  T  Wold  Bergene,  Hedalen  &  Nico- 

line  Nilsd  Neraasen. 
Erik  Lee  Barren  Wis  12-14. 

Erik  E  Lee  Elbow  Lake  Minn  06 —  Bro  Knut  K  Lee*. 
Even  C  Lee  Faribault  Minn  08-15  Am  88.     S  o  Christian 

Lie  &  Thora  Evensd. 
Gullik  A  Lee  Cresco  la  02-13  Am  76.    Md  Marit  Olsd  Nor- 

sving.     Fa  Anders  s  o  Tosten  Nilsen  Lien  &  Guri  Gul- 

brandsd.  Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Tosten  Tostensen  Haugen  & 

Guri — Dead. 
Halvor  A  Lee  Minneapolis  03-14.     Bro  A  L  Lien  Civ  war 

vet — Dead. 

Henry  O  Lee  Minneapolis  03-16. 
Mrs  Ida  Lee  Lake  Mills  la  04-10. 
Ivar  A  Lee  Nielsville  Minn  10 —  Am  80.     Md  Karen  Syv- 

ersd.    S  o  Anders  O  (S0ndre)  Lie,  Hedalen. 
Knudt  Lee  Wannaska  Minn  05-16.     Md  Anna  Mortenson. 

Fa  Erik  Lie,  Liabygdeie,  S  Aurdal  s  o  Knudt  Lee  &  Kari 

Mo  Siri  B0en,  N  Aurdal. 


184  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Knut  K  Lee  Elbow  Lake  Minn  06-11  Am  73.  Md  Gro  Olsd 
Vaae.  Fa  Knud  Lien  (b  Bergei  Liagrenden)  s  o  Anders 
Mikkelsen  Polen  &  Marit  Knudsd  Lien.  Mo  Marit  Ranei 
d  o  Endre  Olsen  Tveit  &  Kari  Mikkelsd  Nedre  Ranum. 

K  O  Lee  Canby  Ore  13-14. 

Martin  N  Lee  Elbow  Lake  Minn  06-10. 

Mikkel  A  Lee  Mt  Horeb  Wis  09— 

Ole  A  Lee  Mt  Horeb  Wis  08—  Bro  Mikkel  A  Lee. 

Ole  Lee  St  Paul  07-11— Dead. 

Paul  T  Lee  Klevenville  Wis  10-15. 

Simon  Lee  Orland  Calif  04-11  Etnedalen. 

Mrs  Siri  Lee  St  Paul  10  — (Also  written  Sarah). 

T  H  Lee  Minneapolis  16-17. 

Mrs  Thonette  O  Lee  Mayville  N  D  04-09  Thonette  Eriksd 
Wold.  Md  Ole  C  Lee.  Sister  of  N  E  Wold. 

Even  Leithe  Battle  Lake  Minn  04-08.    Bro  O  K  Leithe. 

O  K  Leithe  Battle  Lake  Minn  04-14  Am  03.  Fa  Knut  s  o 
Knut  Leithe  &  Berit  Haalie.  Mo  d  o  Even  Kvaal  &  Sigri 
Leithe,  Hururn,  Vang. 

*Hans  A  Leite  Petersburg  N  D  Am  83.  Md  Kari  Solberg. 
Fa  Arne  s  o  Ole  Arneson  Leite,  Bagn  &  Berit  Gulbrandsd 
Mo  Olea  d  o  Hans  M  Listru  &  Ali  Leite. 

*A  C  Lerohl  Sacred  Heart  Minn  Am  88.  Md  Betsey 
Grove.  Fa  Kristofer  s  o  Kristofer  K  Lerohl  &  Kjirsti 
Thomasd  Mosaker.  Mo  Randi  d  o  Andris  Johansen  Her- 
mundstad  &  Anne  0ie. 

Chris  Lerohl  Nashwauk  Minn  09-11. 

Rev  John  Kr  Lerohl  Starbuck  Man  Canada  03-07.  Ed  Red 
Wing.  Bro  A  C  Lerohl*. 

Alf  A  Lestrud  Northwood  la  04-06. 

Anna  Lestrud  Mayville  N  D  08-12. 

G  Levison  Forest  City  la  12 — 

*Engebret  A  Lia  Decorah  la  Am  57  Md  Gunhild  Gul- 
brandsd. Fa  Anders  B0e,  Vang  s  o  John  Pedersen  Quale, 
Vang  &  Ingeborg  Iversd  Thune.  Mo  Berit  Engebretsd 
Belsheim. 

Anders  J  Lien  Duxby  Minn  04-14  Am  83.    Fr  Hedalen. 


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Anders  L  Lien  River  Falls  Wis  07-17    Bro  Ole  L  Lien*. 

Civ  war  vet.    Author  list  of  Wis  Soldiers. 
Anton  Lien  Blanchardville  Wis  05 — 
Carl  M  Lien  Red  Wing  Minn  14-15 — Dead. 
Erick  O  Lien  Starbuck  Minn  04-07. 
Gilbert  M  Lien  Ross  Minn  03-09  Gulbrand  M  Grovslien 

Am  98.    Bro  Gilbert  Lien*  Pinecreek. 
Gilbert  Lien  Pine  Creek  Minn  07-09  Guttorm  M  Grovslien 

Am  93.    Fa  Mikkel  s  o  Knut  Torgersen  Grovslien  Heda- 

len  &  Mari  Iversd.     Mo  Marit  d  o  Ole  Haugejordet  & 

Mari  Olsd  Haugen. 
Gilbert  Lien  Fordville  N  D  10-12. 
Gunder  E  Lien  Maynard  Minn  04-14. 
K  L  Lien  River  Falls  Wis  02-17.    Bro  O  L  Lien. 
Knud  S  Lien  Cottonwood  Minn  04-07  Am  50.    Md  Valina 

Ruste — Dead. 
*Knud  Thompson  Lien  Medford  N  D  Am  76    Md  Gjertrud 

Knudsd  Beito.    Fa  Tosten  s  o  Knud  Tostensen  Lien  & 

Mali.     Mo  Kari  Rudi  d  o  Christofer  G  Skammestein  & 

Kari  0stensd  Rudi. 
M  O  Lien  Wall  Lake  Minn  04-14. 
Nils  M  Lien  Hancock  Minn  04 — 
Ole  H  Lien  Canton  S  D  08— 
Ole  J  Lien  Ross  Minn  03-12  Am  81.     Md  Maria  Braaten. 

Fa  John  s  o  Bj0rn  Olsen,  Hedalen  &  Anne  Andersd.    Mo 

Dorthe  d  o  Ole  Snippen,  Reinli. 
Ole  J  Lien  Hills  Minn  03-13. 
Ole  L  Lien  Willmar  Minn  07 —  Am  49.     Md  Inga  Maria 

Lee  d  o  Knud  M  Lee     Fa  Levord  Andersen  Lien.     Mo 

Knud  Kammen.    Bro  A  L  Lien. 
Osten  Lien  Fox  Minn  13-14. 
T  C  Lien  Hancock  Minn  10 — 
Thosten  J  Lien  Beaver  Creek  Minn  12 — 
Thorsten  K  Lien  Tomey  N  D  04-06. 

Mrs  B  E  Lindberg  Somber  N  D  07-14  See  Mary  C  Hagen. 
Ole  A  Lingsrud  Benson  Minn  08 — 


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Mrs  Anne  T  Lockrem  Cordele  Ga  04.    Widow  of  Ole  Lock- 

rem — Dead. 

Austin  C  Lockrem  Dennison  Minn  02-16. 
Iver  I  Lockrem  Northfield  Minn  05-17  Am  49.    Md  Randi 

Halvorson.     Fa  Ivar  s  o   Christofer  Lockrem  &  Maline. 

Mo  Gjertru  d  o  Endre  &  Anne  Rudi,  Vang — Died  '19. 
Lars  C  Lockrem  Cannon  Falls  Minn  04-16. 
Rev  N  J  Lockrem  Superior  Wis  06 —  Am  02. 
Ole  Lockrem  Harvey  N  D  16-17. 
Thorsten  O  Lockrem  New  Orleans  La  07-10.     S  o  Ole  H 

Lockrem  &  Anne  Thorstensd  Lockrem — Dead. 
H  Loe  Wildrose  N  D  15-16. 
H  E  Loe  Hanley  Sask  Can  14 — 
Syver  Loe  Minneapolis  02 —  Am  87.     Md  Berit  Kvaale 

Vang.    Loe,  N  Aurdal. 
Olaf  Loiten  Minneapolis  06-12. 
G  G  L0ken  Vang  Valdres  Norway  02 — Dead. 
*Martin  Loken  Petersburg  N  D  Am  03.     Fa  Ole  Sveen 

Bang  s  o  Knut  S^rflaten  &  Sigri. 
*Thorstein  A  L0ken  Tigerton  Wis  Am  73.    Md  Christiana 

Larsen  Rudi.    Fa  Anders  L0ken  s  o  Gulbrand  Gulbrand- 

sen  Onstadjordet.     Mo  Gro  Hansd  Okshovd. 
OleOL^fkke.    Black  Earth  Wis  06-11.    B  Thorsrudl^fkken, 

Bagn  Am  80.     Md  Kari  K  Bohle.     S  o  Arne  Halvorsen 

Thorsrudl0kken  &  Kari  Olsd  Kind,  Bagn. 
Dr  A  P  Lommen  Lanesboro  Minn  04-10. 
Endre  O  Lomen  Alexandria  Minn  10 — 
Erik  H  Lomen  Zumbrota  Minn  06 — 
Gulbrand  J  Lomen  Nome  Alaska  03 —  Md  Julia  Joys. 

S  o  Jjzfrgen  Gulbrandsen  Lomen  &  Elisabeth  Brandt. 
J^rgen  J  Lomen  St  Paul  03-17.     Bro  G  J  Lomen*.     Md 

Augusta  Erickson. 
K  G  Lomen  Bode  la  '12. 
Ole  Lommen  Alexandria  M-.nn  09-12. 

Ole  J  Lommen  Decorah  la  04-08.    Md  Guri  Ringstadbakke. 
Ole  J  Lomen  Langley  Minn  07-08. 
Ole  O  Lomen  Fosston  Minn  10 — 


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O  T  Lommen  Ossain  la  04-12. 

Peder  G  Lomen  Sioux  Falls  S  D  03-07— Dead. 

Martin  A  Lukken  Elbow  Lake  03 —  Am  95.  Fa  Anders  s  o 

Amund  Bagnsl^kken  &  Karine.     Mo  Astrid  d  o  Ole  O 

Trondrud  &  Karine. 
Mrs  A  E  Lunda  Chancellor  S  D  14 — 
O  A  Lukken  Mt  Horeb  Wis  09— Bro  M  A  L*. 
S  O  Lund  Eau  Claire  Wis  13 — 
Harald  A  Lunda  Minneapolis  05-13. 
Lars  E  Lunda  Orfordville  Wis  13 — 
Erik  Lunde  Blue  Mounds  Wis  15 — 
Ole  A  Lundene  Nora  Springs  Iowa  03-06. — Dead. 
*Torger  Christopherson  Lykken  Dennison  Minn  Am  51. 

Md  Gjertrud  Vilhelmsd  Bagetun.     S  o  Christofer  Gul- 

brandsen  Norsving  &  Gjertrud  Torgedsd  Jevne,  Vang. 
Christ  Torgerson  Lykken  Dennison  Minn  05 — 
Mads    Olsen    Lykken    Valders    Wis    Am    50.      Md    Inger 

Knudsd  Snortheim.     Fa  Ole  s  o  Peder  Thomassen  T0r- 

stad  &  Anne.    Mo  Sigri  d  o  Anders  Garstad  &  Guri. 
Erik  Lyseng  Aure  Minn  13 — 
Mrs  Ingeborg  Lyseng  Osakis  Minn  02-12. 
John   Oliver   Lysne   Kansas   City.     Mo    10-12.     S   o   Ole 

Thomassen  Lysne,  Laerdal  &  Berit  Olsd  Boe,  Vang. 
Nils  A  Lyste  Rochester  Minn  08 — 

S  J  Maakestad  Nora  Springs  la  07-17 

E  E  Maaland  Aneta  N  D  16— 

Ole  A  Maanum  Kensington  Minn  13 — 

Ole  A  Maanum  Farwell  Minn  04 — (  ?) 

T  A  Maanum  Kensington  Minn  13 — 

John  Madson  Inkster  N  D  12-17 

Mads  A  Madson  Cresco  la  04-07  Am  69.  Md  Jorend  Pe- 
dersd  Ekren,  Hurum.  Fa  Anders  s  o  Mads  Andersen 
Braaten  &  Ingeborg  Andersd  Kattevold,  Vang.  Mo  In- 
geleiv  d  o  Johannes  S0rre  B0e,  Vang. 

Ole  O  Marken  Valders  Wis  04-09    Am  53.     Md  Ragnild 


188  THE   VALDRIS  BOOK 

Haraldson.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Anders  Olsen  Marken  &  T^rend. 
Mo  Jjzfrend  d  o  Haldor  Viste  &  Kari. 

Syver  T  Marken  Starbuck  Minn  04-10 

Mrs  Ingerid  Markhus  St  Paul  02—  Am  50.  Md  Rev  L  J 
Markhus.  D  o  Erik  Gulbrandsen  (Melby)  Egge  &  Berit 
Johnsd  Nortorp.  Bro  A  E  Egge* — Dead. 

Mrs  Anna  Mattson  Roseau  Minn  04-07  Am  89.  Md  G  H 
Mattson.  Fa  Tolleiv  Holdahl  s  o  Nils  &  Anna.  Mo  Inge- 
borg  d  o  Bendix  Gladheim  &  Barbo.  Bro  Bendix  Hol- 
dahl* 

G  E  Mechaelson  Mt  Horeb  Wis  08-10.  Fr  Hedalen 

Ole  Mechelson  Morris  Minn  11-12 — Dead 

C  C  Melby  Manfred  N  D  09— 

Christen  K  Melby  Minneota  Minn  05-11  Am  81.  Wife  Mary 
Fa  Knud  Melby  s  o  Ole  O  Rudie  &  Ragnild  Holdahl. 
Mo  Guri  d  o  Christen  Rogne  &  Guro  G  Melby 

Erik  Melby  Spring  Lake  Mont  17 — 

Ole  K  Melby- Manfred  N  D  09—  Am  81.  Md  Marit  Nilsd 
Skattebo.  Fa  Knud  s  o  Ole  Mikkelsen  Stor-Rudie, 
Rogne,  &  Ragnild  Holdahl.  Mo  Guri  d  o  Kristen  Mik- 
kelsen Melby  &  Guro  Gulbrandsd 

Anton  Melgaard  Kenyon  Minn  03-16 

H  C  Melgaard  Argyle  Minn  12 — 

Thorvald  Melgaard  Colfax  Wis  06—  S  o  0sten  Melgaard, 
Hedalen 

Oluf  Melroe  Coggswell  N  D  12-15 
Rynjus  K  Myers  Ryder  N  D  05-16 
A  A  Mickelson  Black  Earth  Wis  06— 
M  Mickelson  Moorhead  Minn  12-16 
Ole  Midtmoen  Petersburg  N  D  10-13 
Engel  Mikkelson  Decorah  la  13-14 
Ole  Mikkelson  (Sukke)  Beldenville  Wis  09-17 
Ole  Mikkelson  Petersburg  N  D  10-11 
Gilbert  Moe  Osage  la  06-11 

John  A  Moe  Lake  Mills  la  05-10.  S  o  Anders  Torkelson 
Oigar. 


THE  MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  189 

*Nils  O  Moe  Eleva  Wis.    Am  57.    S  o  Ole  Olsen  Massing- 

moe  &  Berthe 
Ole  H  Moe  Macrorie  Can  11 —   Am  07.     Fa  fr  Telemark. 

Mo  Ingeborg  d  o  Ole  Neste  &  Gunild  Iversd 
*Paul  P  Moe  Mondovi  Wis.    Am  57.    Md  Martha  Johnson. 

Fa  Ole  s  o  Paul  &  Olaug  J^randhuset,  Hedalen.    Mo  Siri 

d  o  Gulbrand  &  Tora  Dokken,  Hedalen.     Civ  war  vet. 

Army  name  Paul  Paulson 
Peter  Moe  Lethridge  Alta  Can  05-10 
Thorn  Moe  Madison  Wis  10-14 
Albert  Moen  Belleville  N  D  04-10 
A  J  Moen  Michigan  N  D  13 — 
Chris  Moen  Millet  Alta  Can  10— 
E  J  Moen  Mt  Horeb  Wis  12— 
Gunder  A  Moen  Badger  Minn  04 —    Am  64.     Md  Beret 

Jonasd  0stby.     Fa  Amund  Endresen  Tvedtmoen,  Vang. 

Mo  Guri  d  o  Johannes  Kjjzflien  &  Berit. 
G  E  Moen  Hudson  Wis  09-17 
J  O  Moen  Pierpont  S  D  13-15 
Knut  O  Moen  Pierpont  S  D  10— 
Knud  O  Moen  Blanchardville  Wis  12 — 
Mrs  Marit  Moen  Starbuck  Minn  04-13 
Ole  O  Moen  Ross  Minn  04-11     Am  81.     Md  Ingeborg  K 

Lien,  Hedalen 

Ole  O  Moen  Mayville  N  D  16— 
Paul  J  Moen  Flora  N  D  08—    Md  Antonette  Olava  Kieland. 

Md  2d  Siri  O  Blegeberg.    Fa  John  s  o  Haagen  Haagen- 

son  Moen,  V  Slidre.    Mo  Anne  Paalsd  Aasen,  Sigdal. 
Syver  Moen  St  Paul  06 — 
Syver  K  Moen  Luverne  Minn  03-07 
S  V  Moen  Osage  la  02-07 
Mrs  Anna  E  Mohn  Northfield  Minn  09—  Md  Prof  Th  N 

Mohn.     Fa  Ivar  Ringstad  s  o  Gulbrand  Iversen  Nortorp 

&  Anna   Iversd  Ringstad.     Mo  Anne  d  o  Ole  Jonsen 

Brandt  &  Eli  Andersd  Korsegaarden 
John  Mohn  Northfield  Minn  09—    S  o  Prof  Th  N  Mohn  & 

Anna  E  Ringstad 


190  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Ragnar  Mohn  Northfield  Minn  09-12     S  o  Prof  Mohn  & 

Anna  Ringstad 

Andrew  Monsen  Barneveld  Wis  09 — 
Nils  N  Monsen  Cannon  Falls  Minn  03-11 
Mrs  Claus  Morgan  Mora  Minn  07-08 
Andrew  P  M0rken  Casperson  Mont  03-16    Am  87.    Fa  Pe- 

der  Kletten,  N  Aurdal,  s  o  Peder  &  Kari.     Mo  Gulborg 

Higdem,  Etnedalen,  d  o  Helge  &  Ingebj0r 
Mrs  Guldborg  M0rken  Roseau  Minn  03-07     Am  87.     Md 

Peter  P  Klettene.     Fa  Jp'ger  Higdem  s  o  Knut  &  Marit. 

Mo  Ingrid  d  o  Helge  &  Ingeborg 
J0ger  P  M^rken  Roseau  Minn  03-11     Am  87.     Fa  Peder  P 

Klettene  s  o  Peder  Klettene  &  Gjertrud.     Mo  Gulborg 

M0rken  d  o  J0ger  &  Ingrid  Higdem 
Jul  P  M^rken  Stratton  Ont  Can  03-16    Am  86.     Fa  Peder 

Klettene  s  o  Peder  P  &  Gjertrud  Klettene,  N  Aurdal. 

Mo  Gulborg  J^gersd  Higdem,  N  Etnedalen 
Martin  P  M^rken  Roseau  Minn  03-14    Am  87.     S  o  Peder 

P  Klettene  &  Guldborg  J^gersd  Higdem 
G  H  M^rstad  Tomey  N  D  04-14 
Ole  A  Morstad  Exeland  Wis  07-13 
Rev  Erik  O  Morstad  Carter  Wis  07-13    Am  76.    Md  Laura 

Olson.     Fa  Ole  s  o  Erik  Nilsen  Morstad  &  Anne  Beito. 

Mo  Ingeborg  d  o  Ole  Iversen  Robbie  (Braaten)  Ed  Luth 

Coll. 

E  A  Mundson  Tacoma  Wash  06-10 
Andrew  E  Myhre  Grand  Meadow  Minn  13— 
E  E  Myhre  Grand  Meadow  Minn  10 — 

Nils  E  Myhre  Elbow  Lake  Minn  06— Md  Marit  Knudsd 
Kvale 

A  O  Myhre  Estherville  Iowa  02— 

H  B  Myhre  Harvey  N  D  10— 

O  S  Myhre  Luverne  Minn  12-13 

P  J  Myhre  Rolette  N  D  16— 

Thrond  N  Myhre  Minneota  Minn  03-12 

O  K  Myren  Minneapolis  02-11 


THE  MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  191 

Mrs  Ole  Narveson  Cut  Bank  Mont  08 — 

Mrs  V  A  Neil  Mound  Minn  06-15  Sister  of  Christian    N 

Erickson 

Albert  Nelson  Hendricks  Minn  04-15 
Anders  H  Nelson  Dalton  Minn  06 — 
Edward  Nelson  Berwick  N  D  08 — 
Engebret  Nilson  Kenneth  Minn  11-12  Fr  Slidre 
Erick  Nelson  Bradish  Nebr  04-12 
G  A  Nelson  Franklin  Minn  '11 
Gilbert  Nelson  Soldiers  Home  Minneapolis  02 —    Gulbrand 

Nilsen  Rudi 
Halstein  Nelson  (Rudi,  Vang)  Decorah  la  02-17    Am  50. 

Md  Ragnild  Gudmundsd  Garvik — Dead 
H  K  Nelson  Scarville  la  12— 
Iver  Nelson  Sherman  S  D  17 — 
Iver  C  Nelson  Minneapolis  04-10  (Hermundstadhaugen), 

Vang 

Tens  Nelson  (Tildeishaugen)  Ft  Pierre  S  D  05-10 
Juel  Nelson  Benson  Minn  CM — 
*Mrs  Kari  Nelson  Butler  S  D  Am  79.    Md  Christ  Nelson. 

D  o  Sven  Svensen  Kvam  fr  Hallingdal  &  Marit  Knutsd 

Hagestrand,  Vang 

Knudt  Nelson  Decorah  la  03-13  Am  55.    Fr  W  Slidre 
Knute  Nelson  Alma  Wis  09-15 
K  E  Nelson  Manfred  N  D  17— 
Mary  Nelson  Minneapolis  11-15 
Martin  Nelson  Minneapolis  09-12 
Nels  Nelson  Wyndmere  N  D  07-15 
*Nils  Nilson  Starbuck  Minn  Am  83.     Md  Rose  Jorgenson. 

Fa  Nils  Bjorkrud  s  o  Nils  Mekelsen  Nedre  Braaten  & 

Beret.    Mo  Kari  d  o  Tidemand  &  Kari  Bjorkrud 

N  G  Nelson  Forestville  Wis  16 — 

N  H  Nelson  Toronto  S  D  04-10 

N  E  Nelson  Fergus  Falls  Minn  09-10 

N  T  Nelson  Emmons  la  09 — 

Ole  O  Nelson  Huntley  Mont  04—     Md  Ragnild  Fecher. 


192  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Fa  Ole  s  o  Nils  Svingen,  &  Thore,  Begndalen.    Mo  In- 

geborg. 

O  P  Nelson  Big  Timber  Mont  '12 
O  W  Nelson  Minneapolis  15 — 
Oscar  Nelson  Sherman  S  D  16-17 
Oscar  T  Nelson  Minneapolis  06-11 
Thea  Nelson  Brandon  S  D  13-14 
Syver  Nilson  Madison  Minn  16 — 
*Tom  Nilson  Clontarf  Minn  (Tidemand)  Am  81.    Bro  Nils 

Nilson* 

A  B  Nerby  McHenry  N  D  10—  S  o  Brynjul  Nerby,  Hedalen 
Emil  Nerhaugen  Alexandria  Minn  04-15 
J  S  Nerhaugen  St  Paul  04-10 
A  N  Ness  Thief  River  Falls  Minn  15-16 
Ed  H  Ness  Thief  River  Falls  Minn  13— 
Fred  Ness  Fairfax  Minn  13-15 
Gulbrand  Nilson  Ness  Russell  Wis  05-06 
Mrs  Ingeborg  Ness  Seattle  Wash  12-16 
O  J  Ness  Decorah  la  11 — 
T  E  Ness  Mayville  N  D  14-16 
Tom  Ness  Sioux  City  la  12-16 
Ole  O  Nesja  Thief  River  Falls  Minn  07-16 
Knut  K  Neste  Calmar  la  08-11  Am  53.    Md  Gro  T  Haga- 

jordet,  W  Slidre.     S  o  K  K  Neste— Dead. 
T  E  Neste  Mekinock  N  D  08— 
Rev  Th  P  Neste  Astoria  Ore  03-13 
Nils  O  Noben  Grafton  N  D  '03 
Ole  A  Nordager  Soldier  la  13-15 
Ola  Nordaker  Rowe  S  D  13— 
Iver  H  Nordby  Nora  Springs  la  03-09 
Kristofer  Nordby  Cedarbend  Minn  06-09  Am  05.    Fa  Hans 

s  o  Anders  H  Nordbyhaugen  &  Ranai  T  Bergsrud.     Mo 

Inger  d  o  Harald  S  Gr0v  &  Marit  Stugaarden 
Ben  Nordgaard  Gully  Minn  13-15 
G  O  Nordness  Peterson  Minn  04-15 
Mrs  G  H  Nordrum  Rothsay  Minn  05—  Kari  M  S^rlie.    Fa 


THE  MEMBERS   OF   THE   VALDRIS   SAMBAND  193 

Mikkel  s  o  Mikkel  Iversen  Sjzfrlie.  Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Ole 
Fosholthagen  &  Kari.  Bro  Mikkel  M  Sorlie 

Amund  Nordrum  Minneapolis  06-11. 

Ingebret  K  Nordsven  La  Crosse  Wis  02 — 

*Christofer  K  Norsving  Nerstrand  Minn  Am  50.  Md 
Rangdi  Skattebo.  Bro  G  K  N* 

B0ye  K  Norsving  Nerstrand  Minn  03-09  Am  50.  Md  Sy- 
neva  A  Flom— Dead.  Bro  G  K  N* 

Gudmund  K  Norsving  Kenyon  Minn  02 —  Am  50.  Md  Bri- 
tha  Knutsd  Holien,  Vang.  Fa  Knut  Norsving  s  o  Gud- 
mund Knutsen  Oldre  &  Rangdi  Christofersd  Keen.  Mo 
Ingeborg  d  o  B0ie  Amundsd  B0e.  Mem  legislature 

J  E  Norsving  Dennison  Minn  09  — S  o  G  K  Norsving* 

Knut  Boye  Norsving  Fullerton  Calif  13 — Md  $arifd  o  An- 
ders Andersen  H^verstad  &  Ingeborg  Knutsd  Austreim. 
S  o  B0ye  K  Norsving* 

H  N  Nubson  Aneta  N  D  12-14 

Nils  Nyhagen  Skyberg  Minn  10-12  Am  67.  Md  Kjersti  O 
Bakko  Fa  Gulbrand  Knutson  Nyhagen  fr  Langedal.  Mo 
Rangdi  Tolefsd  Skattebo. 

Norman  Nyhagen  Stoughton  Wis  09-12  Fa  Knud  Guld- 
brandsen  Nyhagen,  Volbu.  Mo  Maren  Olson  fr  Laurvik. 

Gilbert  Nystuen  Lake  Mils  la  06 — 

C  O  Nysven  Pelican  Rapids  Minn  12 —  Am  87.    S  Aurdal. 

Anton  Odden  Grand  Meadow  Minn  10-13. 
Haldor  Odden  Grand  Meadow  Minn  10-16 
J^rgen  Odden  Portland  N  D  10—  Am  85.    S  o  Ole  A  Od- 
den, Begndalen 
Geo  P  Ode  Decorah  la  04-14 
O  P  Ode  Calmar  la  04— 
Paul  Ode  Brandon  S  D  13— 
P  G  Ode  Decorah  la  04-16— Dead 
Peder  Thompson  Ode  Luverne  Minn  03-09. 
A  A  Odegaard  St  Hilaire  Minn  03-09 
A  H  Odegaard  Roseau  Minn  13 — 
Boye  Z  0degaard  Northfield  02-12 


194  THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 

Mrs  Carrie  0degaard  Ross  Minn  04-10 

Christopher  Odegaard  Sedgwick  S  D  04-10  Am  82.  Md 
Arnbj^r  Chrd,  Nordre  B0.  Fa  Zakarias  s  o  0sten  S  0de- 
gaard  &  Ingeborg  Chrd  Berge.  Mo  Inger  d  o  Anders 
Thune  &  Berit. 

Edwin  Odegaard  Minneapolis  06-14 

Rev  G  G  Odegaard  Cranfills  Gap  Texas  04-12— Dead.  Bro 
Arne  G  Odegaarden* 

Lars  Odegaard  Norman  la  90-12 

N  G  Odegaard  Macrorie  Sask  Can  16 — 

Ole  Odegaard  Fox  Minn  13-14 

T  E  Odegaard  Minneapolis  03-06 

Arne  G  Odegaarden  Portland  N  D  10 —  Am  71.  Md  Thora 
Larsd  Brenden,  Reinli.  Fa  Gunder  s  o  Ole  0degaarden 
fr  Garthus  &  Anne.  Mo  Olaug  d  o  Gulbrand  Taegrud. 

Mrs  Thora  0degaarden  Portland  N  D  05-10 

Mrs  Kari  Odness  Blue  Mounds  Wis  15-16 

Arnes  Oihus  Grafton  N  D  '04 — Dead. 

Anton  Oihus  Grafton  N  D  '04. 

Eddie  Oihus  Grafton  N  D  '04 

Knut  G  Oldre  Luverne  Minn  04 —  Am  70.  Md  Anne  Oyloe. 
Md  2d  Bertha  Engebretsd  Borskrind.  Fa  Guttorm  Oldre 
s  o  Knut  Nordland  &  Gjertrud.  Mo  Dorte  d  o  Nils  N 
Remmen  &  Marit 

K  O  Oldre  Kenneth  Minn  11— 

Knut  Oliverson  Toronto  S  D  05-06 

Andreas  Olson  Decorah  la  15 — 

Andreas  Olson  Englund  Minn  04-07  Am  86.  Md  Ragnild 
Gulbrandsd  Skytteland.  S  .o  Ole  Iversen  Gravlibraaten, 
Aadalen,  &  Ingrid  Andersd  Delet,  Begndalen 

Arne  Olson  Soldier  la  11 —  So  Ole  &  Ingeborg  S^rbraa- 
ten,  N  Aurdal 

Chris  Olson  (Guldhaug)  Edgerton  Wis  02 — 

Clarence  Olson  Grafton  N  D  '04 

Clarence  H  Olson  Northfield  Minn  02-12 

Gilbert  Olsen  Algoma  Wis  05-15  Am  69.  Md  Ingri  Hal- 
dorsd  Mattis-Gaarden.  Fa  Ole  Nilsen  Klevbraaten,  E 


THE  MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND  196 

Slidre.    Mo  Marit  d  o  Gulbrand  Gulbrandsen  Onstadjor- 

det,  Rogne 

G  C  Olsen  Harmony  Minn  17 — 
Haldor  Olson  Enderlin  N  D  15— 
Halvor  Olson  Auburn  N  D  03-06 
Helen  Olson  Decorah  la  02-05 
Mrs  H  O  Olsen  Terrace  Minn  12-16 
Iver  Olson  Albee  S  D  06— 
Iver  Olson  Nelson  Wis  04-09 
John  Olson  Mabel  Minn  02— 
John  Olson  Deer  Park  Wis  09— 
Jorgen  Olson  Independence  Wis  09 —  Am  67.    Md  Bergit 

Halvorson.    S  o  Ole  Jorgensen  Hilmen  &  Anne  Ulriksd 

Fodnes 

Knut  G  Olsen  (Guldhaug)  Stoughton  Wis  04-17 
Lars  Olson  Farwell  Minn  04-12 
Martin  Olson  Kewaunee  Wis  04-12 
O  A  Olson  Madison  Wis  07-09  Aurdal 
O  G  Olson  Cottonwood  Minn  05-13 
Ole  Olson  Black  Earth  Wis  04-16 
Ole  H  Olson  Sr.  (Guldhaug)  Reading  Minn  05 — 
Oscar  Olson  Grafton  N  D  '03 
Peter  Olson  Grafton  N  D  04-11 

Mrs  Sigurd  Olsen  Cooperstown  N  D  02 —  Emily  d  o  Tho- 
mas A  Veblen* 

Torger  Olson  Dennison  Minn  (Thorn  Olson)  06 — 
Thore  Olson  Zumbrota  06-12    S  o  Nils  Fylken— Dead 
Thomas  Olson  Stephen  Minn  '13 
Torgrim  Olson  Madison  Wis  03-15    Am  61.     Md  Karen 

Hendriksd.    Fa  Ole  s  o  Torgrim  Olsen  Fekjer,  Hedalen, 

&  R^nnaug.    Mo  Ingri  Haraldsd — Dead 
Nils  Alfred  Onstad  Northfield  02-10.    S  o  Gilbert  Onstad, 

Volbu  &  Inge,  Skrutvold. 
Ole  E  Onstad  Manfred  N  D  07—  Am  96.    Fa  Engebret  s  o 

Torger  O  Alvstad,  &  Anne  d  o  Ole  O  Rudi  &  Ragnild 
E  G  Opdahl  Decorah  la  05-13  Am  48.    Wife  Nettie  Chris- 


196  THE  VALDRIS  BOOK 

tian.    Iver  s  o  Knut  Gulbrandsen  Opdahl,  0ie,  Vang,  & 

Marit  Iversd,  Nedre  Opdahl — Dead 
Mrs  S  Opdal  Sheldon  N  D  09—  Bertha  d  o  (...)  "Ni'gare" 

Weflen,  Hurum,  Vang. 
Albert  Opheim  Cyrus  Minn  02 —  Md  Rosa  Emilia  Johnson. 

5  o  Halvor  Mikkelson  Haadem  &  Kari  Olsd  Hilmen 
Mikkel  H  Opheim  Beaver  Creek  Minn  09—  Am  86.     Md 

Ragne  Gulliksd  Sundem.  Fa  Halvor  s  o  Mikkel  Smaa- 
br^to,  Haadem,  &  Ingebor.  Mo  Kari  d  o  Ole  Olsen,  Nor- 
dre  Hilmen  &  Aagot  Olsd  Bassum. 

Ole  H  Opheim  Cyrus  Minn  02—  Am  80.  Md  Inga  Hal- 
vorsd  Rye.  Born  Storemarken  or  Opheimseie.  S  o  Hal- 
vor Mikkelsen  &  Kari  Olsd  Hilmen. 

Ole  H  Opheim  Salem  S  D  09-10 

Peder  Ormestad  Lake  Mills  Minn  02-05 

Thrond  Ostenson  Dennison  Minn  04-06 

Even  E  Ostrem  Minneapolis  Minn  04 — 

E  A  Overlie  Madelia  Minn  13-14 

Tom  S  Overlie  Ross  Minn  04-16  Am  84.  Born  Syverud, 
Etnedalen.  S  o  Syver  Tidemansen  Overlie,  Etnedalen, 

6  Olia  Olsd  Mehus 

Anton  Oveson  Roseau  Minn  04 — S  o  Ove  Ovesen,  Slidre 
Gustav  Oveson  International  Falls  Minn  05-16  S  o  Ove 

Oveson. 
Ove  Oveson  Roseau  Minn  04-10  Am  61.    Md  Kari  Johnsd, 

fr  Hadeland.     Born  Flaten,  Vang.     Fa  Ove  B0e  s  o  Ole 

&  Gjertrud.     Mo  Ingeborg  d  o  Peder  Ovesen  Flaten  & 

Dorthe. 

Ove  Oveson  Jr  Roseau  Minn  04-06  S  o  Ove  Oveson 
William   Oveson  Roseau   Minn  04 —  Md  Aqualine   Lind- 

berg.    S  o  Ove  Oveson 
Dr  Per  Oyen  Fessenden  N  D  13-15 
G  G  Oyloe  Ossian  la  02-17  Gubrand  Oylo 
G  M  Oyloe  Decorah  la  04-12 
Ole  G  Oyloe  Brookings  S  D  03— 

Mrs  Oline  Peterson  Crookston  Minn  04-05  Md  Carl  B.  Pe- 


THE   MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND  197 

terson.  Am  89.  Fa  Mikkel  s  o  Iver  M  Sorlie  &  Kari 
Tidemandsd  Bergsrud.  Mo  Olia  d  o  Harald  H  Onsrud, 
b  Kjensrud  &  Olaug  Tidemandsd  Bergsrud  Hedalen 

Mrs  C  F  Peterson  Bagley  Minn  05-16  Gunhild  Eriksd 
Wold.  Am  80.  Fa  Erik  Tidemandsen  Wold.  Mo  Ne- 
coline  Nilsd  Neraasen.  Bro  N  E  Wold* 

Engebret  Pederson  Seattle  Wash  05-10  Am  71.  Engebret 
Pedersen  Braaten.  Bro  Knut  Pederson* 

Halsten  Pederson  Black  Earth  Wis  19-15— Dead 

Knud  Pederson  Underwood  Minn  02-03  Am  67.  Md  Marit 
Gulbrandsd  Moen,  Onstadeie,  0  Slidre.  Fa  Peder  Braa- 
ten, Aaberg,  s  o  Knud  Pedersen  Gr0ndalen  &  Guro 
Einarsd  Vigen.  Mo  from  S  Aurdal — Dead 

Nels  Peterson  Algoma  Wis  17 — 

Peter  Peterson  Twin  Lakes  Minn  09-16 

*Peter  Peterson  Lebanon  Ore.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Peder  Olsen 
Haaviskogen  &  Margit  Ellingsd  Bekkestad,  Hailing.  Mo 
Andrea  d  o  Ole  Bergsbakken  &  Anne  Evensd  Ranum 

Sam  S  Peterson  Appleton  Minn  13 — 

Hans  Pladsen  Gully  Minn  13 — 

Ole  Poststuen  Manfred  N  D  13— 

Ole  A  Quail  (Kvisl)  Sinai  S  D  10— 

*Anders   Christofersen   Qual  Valders  Wis  Am  49  or  50. 

Md  Barbo  Andersd  Veflen  (Ni'gare)  d  o  Anders  Knud- 

sen  Veflen  &  Marit  Tostensd.    Anders  Q  s  o  Christofer 

Olsen  Kval  &  Marit  fr  Lomen  V  Slidre. 
Anders  A  Quale  Murdock  Minn  10-16 
Christ  C  Qualey  Decorah  la  07-13 
C  E  Quale  Kerkhoven  Minn  09-10 
John  Qualley  Hills  Minn  12-15. 
J  Olsen  Quale  St  Paul  12-14 
Knut  Qualey  Moscow  Idaho  07-09 
George  G  Quale  Beaver  Creek  Minn  03-13  J^ger  G  Kvale. 

Am  70.    Md  Guri  A  Riste.    Fa  Gulbrand  J0gersen  Kvale. 

Mo  Berit  K  Fystro. 
Mrs  Marit  Quale  Chicago  13-15.     Widow  of  N  N  Qualey 


198  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Nils  N  Quale  Valders  Wis  03-13.  Am  67.  Md  Marit  Toresd 
Svenneseie.  S  o  Nils  Eriksen  Ellestadhaugen  &  Marit 
Nilsd  Haaverud — Dead 

N  C  Qualey  Decorah  la  06 — 

O  C  Quale  Kerkhoven  Minn  05-09 

Ole  G  Qualey  Hills  Minn  03—    Bro  Geo  Quale* 

Paul  O  Qually  Decorah  la  04-10  Fa  Jul  s  o  Tosten  Kvale 
&  Ingeborg.  Mo  Julia  Pedersd  Egge 

Reidar  N  Qualley  Madison  Wis  04 —  Am  90.  Md  Ingri 
Guliksd  Okshovd.  Fa  Nils  Okshovd  s  o  Nils  Tollefsen 
Hedalen  &  Guri  Johannesd  H01abakko.  Mo  Berit  d  o 
Knud  Tostensen  Braaten  &  Marit  Julsd  Hjelle 

Mrs  R  N  Qualley  Madison  Wis  Am  89.  Ingri  G  Okshovd. 
Fa  Gulik  s  o  John  R^njussen  Nortorp  &  Ingri  Tollevsd 
Vik.  Mo  Gjertrud  d  o  Nils  O  Bjelh^le  &  J^rend  Knutsd 
Neste 

Thomas  N  Quale  Bear  River,  Minn  03-10  Tosten.  Am  67. 
Md  Sigri  C  Hagestad.  Fa  Nils  Quale  s  o  Erik  Nilsen 
Ellestad  &  Berit  Tostend.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Nils  Gulbrand- 
sen  Haavrud  &  Torah  Koljordet — Dead 

T  P  Quale  Adams  Minn  '15 

Bertel  Quam  Closter  Nebr  09-16 

Ole  T  Quam  Nerstrand  Minn  05 —  Fa  Tosten  s  o  Ole 
Kvam  Vang  &  Sissel.  Mo  Margrethe 

Andrew  E  Quien  Audobon  Minn  04-14 — Dead 

Rev  Carl  J  Quill,  Renville  Minn  05—  S  o  Gudmund  K 
Quill  (Kvisl)  &  Ingri 

Gudmund  K  Quill  Sauk  Centre  Minn  09 — 

Elias  Rachie  Minneapolis  13 —  Wife  Valdris 

Erik  R  Ramstad  Minot  N  D  09-14 

Knud  K  Ranum  Stillwater  Minn  02—  Am  80.  Md  Anne 
Julsd  Sunvold..  Fa  Knud  fr  Guldhaug,  N  Aurdal,  s  o  Pe- 
der  Knudsen  Anmarkrud  &  wife,  Guldhaug.  Mo  Olia 
d  o  Ole  Jeremiasen  0vre  S0rum  &  Karen  Kristend  S0n- 
dre  S0rum 

O  Ranum  Manfred  N  D  10— 


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*Ole  H  Ranum  Hancock  Minn  Am  77.  Md  Betsey  Tor- 
guson.  Fa  Haldor  Ranum  s  o  Ole  Gladem  &  Marit.  Mo 
Synev  Ranum 

S  J  Rasmussen  Minot  N  D  16 — 

Mrs  Sarah  Raugland  Minneapolis  03 —  Md  Carl  M  Raug- 
land.  Fa  Anders  Kirkeberg.  Mo  Ingrid  Juvkam 

Knud  Rebne  Minneapolis  06-10 

F  M  Reed  Hartington  Nebr  13-15 

Reier  Reierson  (Tildeishaugen)  Holt  Minn  11 — 

*Mathias  Ber  Reinertson  Valders  Wis  Am  72.  Fr  Lyster. 
Md  Marit  d  o  Anders  C  Qual*.  S  o  Reinard  I  M  Rei- 
nertson &  Anne  S  Jacobsd  Veiren,  Lyster 

Christopher  N  Remme  Luverne  Minn  09 —  Am  73.  Md 
Anne  O  Holien.  Fa  Nils  Remme  s  o  Nils  $Z)degaarden, 
Vang 

Gunder  N  Remme  Kenneth  Minn  11-12 

Anders  T  Remmen  Dennison  Minn  03-12 

Anton  A  Remmen  Dennison  Minn  03-06 

G  O  Remmen  Decorah  la  07-12 

Martin  E  Remmen  Hettinger  N  D  02-06 

Dr  Nils  Remmen  Chicago  03 — 

O  A  Remmen  Maynard  Minn  02-06 

Ole  N  Renden  Mayville  N  D  07— 

Mrs  Margrete  Reque  Minneapolis  13 —  Md  Prof  L  S  Reque. 
D  o  Rev  Nils  Brandt  &  Diderikke  Ottesen 

Mrs  Iver  Ringdahl  Kloten  N  D  14 — 

Ivan  Ringstad  St  Paul  02 —  Md  Gertrude  Louise  Lauer. 
Fa  Johannes  s  o  Iver  Gulbrandsen  Ringstad  &  Anna 
Olsd  Brandt.  Mo  Elisabeth  Anna  d  o  Erick  Anderson 
(Rudi)  &  Anna  Halvorson  Grove 

Mrs  Elisabeth  Anna  Ringstad  02-12  Md  1st  Johannes  Ring- 
stad. Md  2d  A  A  Veblen.  Fa  Erick  Anderson  s  o  En- 
dre  Endresen  Rudi  &  Anne  Aslagsd  Kjednes,  Voss.  Mo 
Anne  d  o  Halvar  Halvarsen  Grjzfve  &  Elisabeth  Endresd 
Rudi 

Gullik  0stensen   Riste  Brandon  S  D  03-15  Am  67.     Md 


200  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Ragnild  K  Svanheld.  Fa  0sten  s  o  Gulik  Jevne  &  Jjrfrend 
Kjjzfe.  Mo  Berit  d  o  Ole  Kvien  &  Sigri 

Inga  Riste  Minneapolis  12-13 

Nils  N  Riste  Decorah  la  04— 

Ole  O  Riste  Brandon  S  D  03-13.     Bro  Gullik* 

Thomas  Riste  Shindler  S  D  03-11 

Tosten  Riste  Hills  Minn  (Tom)  13-16 

Dr  C  M  Roan  Minneapolis  09— 

Albert  Robley  Valders  Wis  12-13 

C  A  Robley  Cato  Wis  11-14 

Erik  E  Roble  Decorah  la  04-06 

Knud  K  Robley  Valders  Wis  04-11  Am  54.  Md  Marit 
Jensd  B01stad.  Fa  Knut  Evensen  Roble.  Mo  Seborg 
d  o  Haagen  Pedersen 

Mary  Robbie  Mayville  N  D  11-14  Marit.  Fa  Ole  Robbie 
s  o  Ole  Johnson.  Mo  Kari  Olsd  Haavi.  Both  0  Slidre 

O  E  Roble  Caledonia  Minn  13 — 

Thorleif  Roble  Millet  Alta  Canada  10-13  Bro  T  O  Roble* 

Thorstein  A  Roble  Fairview  Mont  17— 

Thorstein  O  Roble  Manfred  N  D  09—  Am  86.  Md  Guro 
Skogstad.  Fa  Ole  Roble  s  o  Johannes  Olsen  Skattebo 
&  Ingeborg  Nilsd.  Mo  Guri  Rogne  d  o  Mikkel  Christen- 
sen  Rogne  &  Guri  Tostensd  Presthegge.  Mem  legisla- 
ture 

Knut  O  Rodning  Minneapolis  09 —  Am  09.  R0dningen,  0 
Slidre.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Thorstein  O  Skattebo  &  Ragnild  O 
Haavi.  Mo  Ragnhild  d  o  Even  Rudi 

Ole  O  Roen  Sauk  Center  Minn  13— 

Ole  Rogan  Whitehall  Wis  09-11 

Anders  Julson  Rognaas  Hills  Minn  03-16 

G  O  Rognaas  Decorah  la  02-12 

Helge  Knudsen  Rognaas  Sioux  Falls  S  D  06-09 

Ulrik  Rognaas  Wetaskiwin  Can  07-10 

Bendik  E  Rogne  Manfred  N  D  11— 

*Christen  Thorstenson  Rogne  Canby  Minn  Am  72.  Md 
Christine  Forest  d  o  Halsten  O  Fystro  &  Anna  Rudi.  Fa 


THE  MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  201 

Torsten  Rogne  s  o  Mikkel  Christensen  &  Guri.  Mo  Kan 
d  o  Erik  E  Prestrud  &  Ragnhild 

Rev  Erik  T  Rogne  Sawyer  Wis  03-10  Am  73.  Md  Ingeborg 
Kvenvold.  Fa  Thorstein  s  o  Mikkel  Christensen  Rogne 
&  Guri.  Mo  Kari  d  o  Erik  E  Prestrud  &  Ragnhild.  Ed 
Luth  Coll 

H  Rogne  St  Paul  15-16 

Ole  Rogne  Hudson  Wis  04-06 

*Ole  P  Rogne  De  Pere  Wis  Am  75.  Md  Ragnild  Christensd 
Snortum.  Fa  Peder  S0ndre  Melby.  Mo  Rangdi  Melby 
d  o  J0ger  &  Ingrid 

Thorstein  K  Rogne  Millet  Alta  Can  04 —  Am  81.  Md  Ma- 
rit  Fystro.  Fa  Kristen  Rognemarken  s  o  Mikkel  Christen- 
sen Rogne  &  Guri  Presthegge.  Mo  Guro  Melby  d  o  Gul- 
brand  Dahle. 

Andrew  H  Rogness  Colman  S  D  03-16 

Engebret  Knudsen  Rogness  Sioux  Falls  S  D  03-16 

Helge  Knudson  Rogness  Sioux  Falls  S  D  03-07 

Helge  U  Rogness  Sioux  Falls  S  D  03 — 

O  K  Rogness  Toronto  S  D  13— 

Ole  O  Rollins  Escanaba  Mich  09-12 

Ed  Rood  Valley  City  N  D  09—  Bro  Ole* 

Martin  Rood  Roseau  Minn  14 — 

Nels  O  Rood  New  Glarus  Wis  09-12  Bro  Ole* 

Ole  Rood  Minneapolis  02 —  Am  78.  Md  Kari  A  Lien.  Fa 
Ole  Trondrud  s  o  Aslak  0stegaarden,  Reinli,  &  Marit 
Bonli,  Skrutvold.  Mo  Dorte  d  o  Nils  &  Guro  Dale, 
Vestringsbygden 

Andrew  Rotegaard  New  Richland  Minn  03 — 

Mrs  Carrie  Rodegaard  Ross  Minn  03-11  Am  88.  Md  Ellef 
N  Rodegaard.  Kari.  Fa  Gulbrand  B  Bertilrud*  Mo 
Kjersti  d  o  Iver  S0rli,  Hedalen,  &  Kari  Bergsrud 

Lars  Rostvold  Hendrum  Minn  15 — 

John  T  Rotto  Farwell  Minn  04 —  Fr  Nordm^re.  Md  Kari 
Kamrud. 

Andrew  Rodvang  Wetaskiwin  Can  09-11 

Gulbrand  T  Rovang  Hills  Minn  03 —  Am  66.     Md  Anne 


202  THE  VAL.DRIS    BOOK 

Halvorsd.      Fa     Torstein     Gulbrandsen     Norsving.     Mo 

Anne  d  o  Helge  Rogn  &  Marit  Jermundsd. 
H  T  Rovang  Erskine  Minn  12 
Nils  R^dvang  Wetaskiwin  Can  03-11  Am  02.    Fa  Nils  Rjzkt- 

vang  s  o  Andris  A  Hovda  &  Berthe.    Mo  Anne  d  o  Nils 

Nilsen  Kvishaugen  &  Kirsti  Endresd. 
*Ole  Alfson  R^dvang  Am  52.    Md  Marit  Haave  V  SI. 
Ole  T  Rovang  Corson  Sd  03 —  Md  Sina  Tveitmoen  Vang. 
Rinjus  G  Rovang  Lake  Mills  la  06-16. 
A  S  Rud  Portland  N  D  10— 
Gilbert  Rud  Portland  N  D  08— 
Even  G  Rudd  Decorah  la  04-08  Am  70.     Md  Belle  Olson 

Hjortdal.     Fa  Gulbrand  s  o  Anders  Gulbrandsen  Rudseie 

&  Marit.     Mo  Rangdi  Evensd  Dahle,  N  Aurdal. 
Andrew  K  Rude  Ada  Minn  16 — 
Erick  Rude  Toronto  S  D  12-14— 
Geo  G  Rude  Brookings  S  D  11 — 
N  G  Rude  Volga  S  D  16— 
Ole  G  Rude  Toronto  S  D  04-10. 
Eivind  Rudi  Fairview  Mont  16 —  Fa  Nils  s  o  Eivind  & 

Ragnild  G  Rogne.    Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Thorstein  G  Melby 

&  Ingri  Larsd  Rudi. 
Gulbrand  Rudi  Manitowoc  Wis  08-11  Am  72.     Md  Marit 

Johnsrud.     Fa  Halstein  Rudi  b  Kvisl.     Mo  Marit  Gul- 

brandsd  Bustebakke. 
Nils  Rudi  Dahlen  N  D  16— 
Gulbrand  N  Rudie  Granite  Falls  Minn  02-05  Am  64.     Md 

Inga  Andrea  Knutsd  Espeseth,  Etnedalen.    S  o  Nils  Ol- 

sen  Rudi  (or  Hagen)  E  SI  &  Kari  Knutsd  Jarstad,  W  SI 

Civ  war  vet. 

K  K  Rudie  Minneapolis  04 —  Author. 
Rev  K  N  Rudie  Argyle  Wis  04—  Md  Millie  Augusta  Hegge 

fr  Biri.    S  o  Nils  Nilsen  &  Kari  Knutsd  Rudie,  E  Slidre 

—Died  '19. 

Mrs  O  Rudy  Bemidji  Minn  13-16. 
Mrs  O  P  Ruh  Farmington   Minn  02-10     Mari  Knudson 

Kvale. 


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Syver  K  Ruse  Aneta  N  D  15— 

Ole  Rushaug  Bryant  S  D  09-16. 

Martin  A  Rust  Cyrus  Minn  05-16. 

A  O  Rustad  Ross  Minn  04-09  Am  00.     Andreas  s  o  Ole 

Erikson  Ruste  b  Berg,  Hedalen  &  Gjertrud  Nilsd  J0rstad, 

E  SI  Dead. 

Mrs  C  J  Rustad  Cartwright  N  D  10— 
*Gulbrand  O  Rustad  Decorah  la  Am  52.    Md  Kjersti  S0n- 

drol,  Vang  S  o  Ole  Iversen  Rustad,  S  Aurdal — Died  '03. 
Olaus  Rustad  Ogilvie  Minn  03 —  Am  84.    Fa  Iver  s  o  Ole 

Ruste  Haugsrudeie  &  Guri.     Mo  Kjersti  d  o  Ole  As- 

pelien  &  Ingri  Bakke,  Hedalen. 

Christian  O  Ruste  Blue  Mounds  Wis  08 —  Md  Betsey  An- 
derson.   Fa  Ole  s  o  Arne  Ruste  &  Siri  Klevgaarden.    Mo 

Anne  d  o  Erik  Slimsa,  Hedalen    &    Ingeborg    Lindelien, 

Ringerike. 

Mrs  A  A  Rustebakke  Niagara  N  D  IA — 
Anton  Rustebakke  Pilot  N  D  11— 
G  Rustebakke  Niagara  N  D  IA — 
Halsten  Rustebakke  Callendar  la  11 —  Md  Live  Skognes 

Aadelen.     Fa  Amund  Rustebakke,  S  Aurdal     Mo  Siri 

Olmhus — Dead. 

Ole  Rustebakke  Dahlen  N  D  11— 
S  A  Rustebakke  Thief  River  Falls  Minn  11— 
A  E  Rye  Fertile  la  09— 
E  E  Rye  Clermont  la  14-16  Am  56. 
G  A  Rye  Fertile  la  02  — Md  Anna  Maria  Sanderson.    S  o 

Arne  Toreson  Rye  &  Marit  Olson,  N  Aurdal. 
Helge  Rear  Florence  S  D  10-12  Am  67.    Md  Berit  Knudsd 

Saalsaa.     Fa  Anders  s  o  Haldor  0stensen  Rye  &  Marit 

Andersd.     Mo  Aagot  d    o    Knudt     Helgesen     Ryeie  & 

Sigri. 
O  E  Rye  Minneota  Minn  05 — 

N  N  Saalsaa  Dodgeville  Wis  06-10. 
Anton  Sanders  Baylor  Mont  05-16. 
Carl  Sanders  Ray  N  D  05-14. 


204  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

K  O  Sandum  Bricelyn  Minn  04-10. 

*Gullik  H  Satter  Eleva  Wis  Am  81.  Fa  Halvor  Sundheim 
s  o  Halvor  H  Ssether. 

John  Satter  Canby  Ore  06 —  Am  84.  Johan-  Kristofersen 
D^lvesaeteren.  Md  Gunda  Andersd  S0rflaten.  Md  2d 
Olia  Iversd  Dalen.  Fa  Kristofer  s  o  Kristofer  Jensen  & 
Ingri  Mo  Aagot  Nybraaten  d  o  Gul  &  Anne. 

K  A  Satter  Barrett  Minn  12-16. 

Harry  Scar  Deerwood  Minn  14-15. 

Ole  Scar  Lake  Mills  la  05-11. 

Julian  Schoger  Osage  la  02-07.    Wife  Guri  Dokken. 

Tore  O  Score  Closter  Nebr  04— 

A  G  Sebo  Auburndale  Wis  06-12. 

O  K  Sebo  Silverton  Ore  02-10. 

John  Selmer  Northport  Ore  11-14. 

O  J  Seltun  Rolette  N  D  03—  Md  Anne  d  o  John  E  Heen. 

C  K  Semling  Ada  Minn  04 — 

Edwin  Semling  Nielsville  Minn  04-07.    Bro  C  K  S. 

Ole  Semeling  Michigan  N  D  10-12. 

Halvor  H  Sether  Eleva  Wis  03— 

Christian  Satter  Minneapolis  Minn  04 — 

E  O  Severson  Brook  Park  Minn  13 — 

Mrs  K  Severson  Plato  Minn  15 — 

Nels  Severson  Red  Wing  Minn  03-16. 

Sever  E  Severson  Plato  Assiniboia  Can  04-06.  Md  Thea 
Simpson.  S  o  Erik  Severson,  N  Aurdal. 

H  K  Shefte  Harvey  N  D  13— 

S  O  Shurson  New  Richland  Minn  02-12. 

Carrie  Simley  Black  Earth  Wis  15— 

Hendrik  H  Simle  Montevideo  Minn  02-14 — Dead. 

Iver  Simley  Black  Earth  Wis  06-12. 

*Mrs  Berit  Simmons  Decorah  la  Am  49  Md  Tollef  Sim- 
mons. D  o  Knudt  Andersen  Belsheim  &  Annie  Tostensd 
Boe. 

Mrs  Ralph  W  Sims  Minneapolis  16—  Hilda  Ingeleiv  d  o  A 
A  Veblen. 

Albert  A  Singsaas  Hendricks  Minn  08-10. 


205 

Andrew  Sivertson  Minneapolis  03-10  Am  3.    Fa  Syver  s  o 

Anders  G  Smedsrud  N  Aurdal  &  Marit  S  Rud.    Mo  Berit 

d  o  Ole  O  J^rstad  &  Anne  T. 
Mrs  A  O  Skaar  Havre  Mont  14-16. 
*Erik  K  Skattebo  Eau  Claire  Wis.     Md  Emma  Christine 

d  o  Erik  Roble.    Fa  K  K  Skattebo.     Mo  Ingebor  Eriksd 

Roble,  Sister  of  Erik  Roble  and  of  Mrs.  Iver  Berge. 
Gilbert  Skinningsrud  Carpio  N  D  12 —  Am  98.     Gulbrand 

s  o  0sten  0stensen  Skinningsrud  &  Sigrid  Gulbrandsd 

Lien,  Hedalen. 
Anders  O  Skjefte  Sacred  Heart  Minn  04-12  Am  86.     Md 

Marit  Vilhelmsd  Bunde.    Fa  Ole  s  o  Knut  Olsen  Lykken 

&   Sigri   Andersd.      Mo   Jorand   d   o    Knut   Johannesen 

Holien,  Hurum  &    Margrete  Tomasd — Dead. 
Erik  Skjel  Millet  Atla  Can  10-13. 
John  Skjelstad  St  Peter  Minn  10 — 
Mrs  Tonetta  Skoglund  Roseau  Minn  04-06  Am  86.     Md 

Stephen  Skoglund.     Fa  Ole  s  o  Anders  Odden  &  Kari, 

Begndalen.     Mo  Gunild  d  o  Ole  &  Jjzfrand. 
Anton  Skogmo  Manfred  N  D  05-10. 
Gilbert   Skogstad   Pinecreek   Minn   04-06.     S   o   Johannes 

Skogstad*  Etnedalen. 
Johannes  S  Skogstad  Pinecreek  Minn  04-11  Am  83.    Wife 

Inger.     S  o  S0ren  &  Beret  Nelson. 
P  J  Skogstad  Eleva  Wis  13— 
E  O  Skotterud  Dawson  Minn  13-16. 
John  P  Skolte  Pierre  S  D  04-06  Am  98.    Md  Nettie  R  Viste. 

Fa  Peter  Skolte  s  o  Torstein  &  Astri  Mjzfrstad.    Mo  Inge- 

borg  d  o  Knut  &  Marit  Hegge. 
Julia  Skov  Mankato  Minn  03-06. 
L  O  Skov  Barlow  Ore  03-13. 

Tore  K  Skov  Glendive  Mont  03-04  Knutson  fr  Aurdal. 
O  J  Skreen  Northeld  Minn  07-16. 
Bendix  Skrutvold    Yvot    Mont    09—  S  o    Ole    Skrutvold. 

Skrautvaal. 

Ole  Skrutvold  Skrautvaal  Valdres  Norway  13 — 
Ole  T  Skude  Huron  S  D  06-11. 


206  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Paul  Skurdall  Larimore  N  D  12-16. 

Mrs  Ingeborg  Skutle  Minneapolis  04-15. 

E  E  Sletten  Barrett  Minn  11-15— Dead. 

Louis  L  Sletten  Warroad  Minn  05-16  Am  86  Lars.     Fa 

Lars  Sletten  s  o  Knut  &  Astri  Hagen,  Stensetbygden.  Mo 

Jorand  d  o  Per  &  Astri  Skogen,  Stensetbygden. 
John  P  Smaby  Peterson  Minn  04-16  Totning,  md  Gunhild 

Nilsd  Viste. 

Erik  E  Smedsrud  Finley  N  D  05-10. 
K  E  Smedsrud  Hatton  N  D  05—  Am  06.    S  o  Erik  Eriksen 

&  Anne  K  Smedsrud  Flat^degaarden  Etnedalen. 
Ole  Snartum  Cottonwood  Minn  05-12 — Dead. 
Ole  K  Snortheim  Adams  Minn  03 —  Am  67.    Md  Ingeborg 

A  Olson.     Md  2d  Bertha  Monsen  Melby,  Hedemarken. 

Fa  Knut  Mikkelsen  Snortheim     Mo  Marit  d  o  Knut  & 

Ingeborg. 

Alf  Sofiebraaten  Soldier  la  13-15. 
Ole  Sohus  Kewaunee  Wis  05-06. 
*Lars  C  Soine  Dennison  Minn  Am  53.    Md  Anne  Thomasd 

Ellestad.    Fa  Christopher  Hensbakken  s  o  Lars  &  Marit. 

Mo  Anne  Lajord  d  o  Syvert  &  Anne. 
Thrond  S0ine  Maynard  Minn  05-11  Wife  Annie.     Fa  Syver 

Soine.    Mo  S^nneva  Loe  d  o  Thrond  &  Kirsti  Ellingboe. 
A  F  Soland  Plaza  N  D  13— 
A  N  Solberg  Mayville  N  D  06— 
Christian  Solberg  Brooten  Minn  10-16. 
Hans  Solberg  Chester  Mont  12 — 
Martin  Solsten  Minneapolis  09-10. 
Knut  J  Sj^ndrol  Emmons  Minn  02 —  Am  61     Md   Dina 

Nelson.     Fa  Johannes  s  o     Ole  &  Dordei  Sjzfndrol     Mo 

Marit  d  o  0sten  L^kken. 
N  I  S^ndrol  Hills  Minn  02— 
Mrs  Erik  Sonnesyn  Minneapolis  Minn  04-12. 
Hans   Sonsteg  Roseau    Minn    13   — Gudbrandsd^l.     Wife 

Valdris. 

Ole  Sorben  Grand  Meadow  Minn  10-11. 
Knut  Sorenson  Toronto  S  D  04-08.    Bro  Peder  S*. 


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Peder  Sorenson  03 —  Am  91.  Fa  S0ren  s  o  Peder  &  Inge- 
borg,  Etnedalen.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Knud  &  Ole,  Etnedalen. 

Mikkel  M  Sorlie  Rothsay  Minn  06 —  Am  75.  Md  Anne 
Karoline  Olson.  S  o  Mikkel  Sorli  &  Ragnild  Olsd,  He- 
dalen.  Sister  Mrs  G  H  Nordrum* — Dead. 

Tidemand  M  Sorlie  Crookston  Minn  04-05  Am  90.  Md 
Marit  O  Juvkam.  Fa  Mikkel  s  o  Iver  Sorlie  &  Kari  Tide- 
mandsd  Bergsrud  Mo  Olia  d  o  Harald  N  Onsrud  & 
Olaug  Tidemandsd  Bergsrud. 

Mrs  Tidemand  M  Sorlie  Norden  Minn  05-10.  Marit  Juv- 
kam. Fa  Ole  Juvkam  s  o  Peder  Listerud  &  Kari  Juvkam. 
Mo  Ingeborg  Melgaard  d  o  Erit  T  Wold  &  Sigri  Linde- 
lien. 

Christopher  T  Sparstad  Nerstrand  Minn  Am  60.  Md  Anne 
Pedersd  Gjevre.  Fa  Tosten  s  o  Ole  Tostensen  Sparstad 
&  Ingeborg.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Christopher  Einarsen  Heen 
&  Marit. 

Mrs  Anne  Sparstad  Nerstrand  Minn  Am  49.  Md  C  T  Spar- 
stad Fa  Peder  b  Moen  s  o  Hagen  Pedersen  Gjevre  & 
Marit  Andersd.  Mo  Rangdi  d  o  Ole  Endresen  Norsving 
&  Gjertrud. 

O  C  Sparstad  Sacred  Heart  Minn  05 — 

G  O  Stamperstuen  Cottonwood  Minn  11-12. 

M  O  Standy  Homestead  N  D  08—  S  o  O  K  Standy. 

O  K  Standy  Homestead  N  D  08-09— Dead. 

Ole  T  Stavenjord  Minneapolis  07-09. 

E  N  Stedje  Whalan  Minn  04-08. 

Ole  Stee  Browerville  Minn  14 — 

Henry  Steen  Minneapolis  03 — 

G  N  Steine  Decorah  la  15 — 

Mrs  Maria  Stenbakken  Fox  Minn  04-14  Am  86.  Md  Tor- 
grim  Stenbakken.  Fa  Ole  Ruste,  Bagn  s  o  Erik  &  Kari 
Berg,  Hedalen.  Mo  Guri  d  o  Amund  &  Aase  0ien,  Nes, 
Ringerike. 

Helge  T  Stende  Ellendale  N  D  06-13. 

John  O  Stende  Hamar  Norway  04-13  Am  87.  Md  Dina  D 
Anderson.  Md  2d  Kirsti  Tronsd  Stende.  Fa  Ole 


208  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Stende  s  o  Anders  Kvamseiet  &  Marit.    Mo  Ragnild  d  o 

Knut  &  Berit  Svien. 
Knut  O  Stende  Ellendale  N  D  04—  Am  82.     Bro  John  O 

Stende*. 

Syver  J  Stende  Northfield  Minn  02-13. 
Knut  O  Stenne  Luverne  Minn  03-13. 
Gunder  Stenerson  Erskine  Minn  14 — 
Knut  Stenerson  Pelican  Rapids  Minn   12 — 
Tidemand  Stenseth  Northfield  Wis  05-14— Dead. 
Anders  A  Stensrud  Canton  S  D  02-13  Am  50.     S  o  Arne 

Olsen  Stensrud  S  Aurdal  &  Berit  Olsd  Rovang. 
Albert  Stensrud  Lake  Mills  la  02-16. 
Rev  E  M  Stensrud  San  Francisco  Calif  15-17. 
*Oscar  J   Stensrud  Minneota   Minn.     Md  Anna   Braaten. 

Fa  Johannes  Stensrud  s  o  Ole  Kaalverud  &  Ingebor.     Mo 

Marit  d  o  Tideman  Espesethagen  &  Pernille. 
Ingvald  Stevens  Cooperstown  N  D  12 — 
Knut  Stevens  Minneapolis  06-13. 
Knut  H  Stolen  Mt  Horeb  Wis  17— 
O  G  Storholm  Thief  River  Falls  13-15. 
E  L  Strand  New  Richland  Minn  13— 
E  E  Strand  Ellendale  N  D  09-12. 
Mrs  Geo  Strand  Portland  N  D  17— 
H  E  Strand  Roslyn  S  D  15— 
Harold  Strand  Nelson  Wis  17 — 
*Knut  T  Strand  Valders  Wis   Knut  "Slettidn"  or   Knut 

Bergei    Am  68.    Md  Marit  Larsd  Bergei  Skrautvaal.    Fa 

Thor  b  Syrstrand  N  Aurdal  s  o  Helge  Thorsen  &  Marit. 

Mo  Ingeborg  Amundsd. 
*Ole  H  Strand  Sacred  Heart  Minn  Am  69.     Wife  Rangdi. 

Fa  Ole  s  o  Ole  O  Strand,  0ie  Vang.     Mo  Ingeborg. 
H  E  Strand  La  Crosse  Wis  03— 
Nils  Strand  Claire  City  S  D  17— 
Ole  Strande  Gonwick  Minn  06  Am  71.     Md  Ragnild  An- 

dersd  Skattebo.     Fa  Knut  Strande  s  o  Ole  Skattebo  & 

Anne  Trondsd  Gali.    Mo  Barbro  d  o  Ole  J^rstad  &  Se- 

borg. 


THE  MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND  209 

Ole  K  Strande  Fisher  Minn  06-11  Am  72  (?)  Younger  bro 

of  Ole  Strande*. 
*Ole  O  Strande  Sacred  Heart  Minn  Am  69.     Md  Ingeborg 

Kasa.    Fa  Ole  s  o  Ole  O  Strand  &  Kari  G.    Mo  Ambjjzfr 

d  o  Helge  Kasa  &  Berit  Svien. 
*Ole  Ovesen  Strand  Sacred  Heart  Minn  Am  68.     Fa  Ove 

s  o  Ole  O  Strand  &  Kari.    Mo  Marit  Strand. 
Ole  Syverson  Strand  Brandon  Minn  10-14. 
Oscar  J  Strand  Minneota  Minn  11-13. 
*Syver  O  Strand  Maynard  Minn  Am  69.     Md  Guri  G  B0e. 

Fa  Ole  s  o  Ole  Strand  &  Ingebor.    Mo  Kari  d  o  Guttorm 

Strand  &  Elsa. 

T  O  Strand  Sisseton  S  D  11-13. 
J  L  Studlien  Alexandria  Minn  09 — •  Etnedalen. 
Ole  O  Sukke  Sauk  Center  Minn  13 — 
Rev  B  L  Sundal  Farmington  Minn  13-16. 
Halvor  Sunde  Hankinson  Minn  13-15. 
Andrew  G  Sundem  Hills  Minn  05 — 
Gulik  G  Sundem  Hills  Minn  02-12. 
Ole  Nilsen  Sundhem  Hills  Minn  06-13. 
Anders   M   Sundheim  Minneapolis  02 —  Md  f^aren    -Katte- 

'¥oltL    Bro  Rev  T  M  Sundheim.  <n-0 

.  .  .  \yUC^9 

Mrs  A   M   Sundheim  Minneapolis   Maren   Kattevol4.     Fa 

Gulbrand  s  o  Gulbrand  0ilo  &  Marit.  Mo  Ingeborg  d  o 
Trond  Kattevold  &  Maren  Leine. 

Tver  T  Sundheim  Northport  Wash  03 — 

Rev  J0rgen  M  Sundheim  Fertile  Minn  04 —  Am  3.  Md  Inga 
Martha  Anderson.  Fa  Mons  s  o  Anders  Monsen  Sund- 
heim &  J0rend.  Mo  Marie  d  o  Lars  Knudsen  Kirke- 
berg  &  Anne  Olsd  Olmhus.  Ed  St  Olaf. 

Arne  Svennes  Minneota  Minn  10-13. 

Knut  Svenes  Minneota  Minn  08 — 

*Ole  Svenson  (Fossen)  Clontarf  Minn  Am  83.  Md  Maria 
E  Dokken.  Fa  Sven  s  o  Amun  Svenson  Pladsen  &  In- 
geborg. Mo  Ingeborg  Fossen  d  o  Ole  Haugen  &  Berit. 

Anders  A  Svien  Dennison  Minn  04-13. 

A  J  Svien  Northfield  Minn  02-09. 


210  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

O  J  Svien  Dennison  Minn  08 — 

Sever  J  Svien  Dennison  Minn  04-06. 

Ole  Swennes  Bruce  S  D  04-15. 

Thorwald  Swenness  Minneapolis  05-13.  Md  Celia  Orm- 
stad. 

Gullik  Swenson  Athabasca  Landing  Can  13-14. 

Harald  Swenson  Minneapolis  03  Am  88  Md  Oline  Mar- 
tinson. Fa  Ole  s  o  Sven  Navrud  &  Anna,  Mo  Anna  d  o 
Harald  &  Aase  Veglingsrud. 

Tosten  Swenson  Pinecreek  Minn  04-06. 

Amund  Syverson  Glenwood  Minn  16 — 

Andrew  Syvertsen  Minneapolis  07-08. 

G  N  Syverson  Carpenter  la  08-11. 

Martin  Syverson  Montevideo  Minn  03 —  pdegaardseie  N 
Aurd. 

Ole  Syverson  Clontarf  Minn  16-17 . 

Ole  Syverson  Randall  Kans  12-13. 

Peder  Syverson  Valders  Wis  10-11. 

Peder  Syverson  Mailing-  Minn  04-16.  S  o  Erick  Syverson, 
W  SI  &  Ingeborg. 

P  Syverson  Kelliher  Minn  09-14. 

*Thorvald  S  Syverson  Pigeon  Falls  Wis  Am  83.  Md  Car- 
rie Johnson.  Fa  Syver  s  o  Syver  Brenden  &  Thora 
Larsd.  Mo  Kari  d  o  Knud  Heskindeie  &  Olia  Sjyggen, 
Etnedalen. 

M  L  Syverud  Canton  S  D  13-14. 

P  N  Syverud  Osnabrook  N  D  12-17. 

C  O  Savre  Kensett  la  05-16. 

Prof  B  K  Savre  Decorah  la  04— 

George  O  Tasa  Minneapolis  02-04. 

*John  K  Tasa  Dennison  Minn  Am  51.     Md  Ingeborg  Gul- 

brandsd   Bakken     S  o   Knut  Thomassen   Tasa   &   Kari 

Johnsd  Stende. 

K  E  Tasa  Nerstrand  Minn  02-12— Dead. 
Ole  O  Tasa  Minneapolis  02-11— Dead. 
Mrs  A  K  Teisberg  St  Paul  Minn  02—  Gro.    d  o  Thorstein 


THE   MEMBERS   OF  THE   VALDRIS   SAMBAND  211 

Olsen  Skammestin  &  Marthe  Olsd  Brandt,  R0n. 

Eivind  Tharaldsen  Starbuck  Minn  03-11. 

Olaf  Theistolen  St  Paul  03-11. 

Dr  Albert  S  Thompson  Mt  Horeb  Wis  04-10.  S  o  Sam 
Thompson*. 

Andrew  Thompson  Starch  Prairie  Wis  10-11. 

Andrew  O  Thompson  Madison  Wis  13 — 

Chr  Thompson  Dennison  Minn  02 — 

Rev  Chr  S  Thompson  lola  Wis  02 — S  o  Sam  Thompson*. 

*Edwin  Thompson  Quarry  Wis.  Md  Anne  Maria  d  o  An- 
ders Olson  Aabol.  Bro  O  T  Helle. 

G  O  Thompson  Toronto  S  D  09-13. 

Gullik  Thompson  Thompson  N  D  02-16. 

Iver  Thompson  Cyrus  Minn  06-16. 

Iver  Thompson  Hatton  N  D  10-15. 

John  Thompson  Duluth  Minn  12-14. 

John  Thompson  Hendricks  Minn  09-12. 

J  K  Thompson  Homestead  N  D  09-11. 

Knud  Thompson  Fordville  N  D  04 — 

K  H  Thompson  Quarry  Wis  09—  Bro  O  T  Helle*. 

Levor  O  Thompson  Riley  Wis  13-17. 

Lillie  E  Thompson  Farmington  Minn  06-11.  D  o  Peder 
Thompson. 

Mikkel  Thompson  Bradish-Neb  06 — 

N  A  Thompson  Duluth  Minn  06 —    S  o  Peder  Thompson. 

N  F  Thompson  McPherson  Ark  07-11. 

O  A  Thompson  Erdahl  Minn  10— 

Ole  T  Thompson  West  Decorah  la  11-12. 

Peder  Thompson  Farmington  Minn  02-17  Am  52.  Md 
Barbro  Olsd  Noben.  Fa  Thomas  T^rstad  s  o  Knut  An- 
dersen &  Gjertrud  Pedersd.  Born  Ellestad.  Civil  war 
vet — Dead. 

Sam  Thompson  Mt  Horeb  Wis  02  — Svein  Throndsen  Bjjr- 
selien  Am  61.  Md  Marthe  Christensd  Skogen  N  Aurd. 
Fa  Thrond  s*  o  Svein  Olsen  Saalsaa  &  Marit  Throndsd 
Driven.  Mo  Kari  d  o  Erik  Gundersen  Bj0rgo. 

T  A  Thompson  Browerville  Minn  10 — 


212  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Tom  J  Thompson  Eleva  Wis  07 —  Tosten  J  Kamben  Am 

68.     Md  Inger  d  o  Ole  T  Myren,  E  Aurd.     Fa  Jens  s  o 

Tosten  Jensen  Kammen.     Mo  Ingri  d  o  Erik  Andersen 

Midt-Bjorgo  &  Astri  Stokkebryn. 
Thomas  S  Thompson  Mt  Horeb  Wis  04 —  Md  Eleonore 

Benedicte  Dahle.     S  o  Sam  Thompson  &  Martha  Oline 

d  o  Christian  Skogen  &  Marit  Lie. 
Thore  K  Thompson  Cottonwood  Minn  04 — 
Tosten  Thompson  Hills  Minn  09-14. 
A  K  Thon  Kensett  la  06-12.    Bro  C  K  Thon. 
Christian  K  Thon  Kensett  la  03-10  Am  85.     Md  Emma 

Kittelson.  S  o  Knut  A  Thon,  N  Aurd  &  Siri  K  Sveen. 
Knut  S  Thon  Cottonwood  Minn  11— 
Ole  K  Thon  Minneota  Minn  13-16. 
George  Thor  Grafton  N  D  03— Dead. 
Martin  Thorberg  Petersburg  Nebr  14 — 
*Finkel   Thorsen   Dennison   Minn  Am  61.    Md  Randi   Olsd 

Aastad.     Fa  Thore  Gryte  s  o  Tjzfris  &  Marit.     Mo  Rag- 

nild  Finkelsd. 

Haldor  Thoreson  Adams  Minn  06-08. 
Nils  Thoreson  Ellsworth  Wis  06-14. 
Thore  Thoreson  Adams  Minn  06-08. 
Thomas  F  Thoreson  Dennison  Minn  09-13. 
Harold  Thorson  St  Paul  02—  Md  Karen  Thorsteinsd  La- 

jord.    Fa  Thore  D0vre  s  o  Ole  Tvedt  now  (Fagnernes). 

Mo  Sigri  d  o  Knut  Gigstad.    Died  Feb  18,  1920. 
Henry  L  Thorson  Guthrie  N  D  03-12.    S  o  Harold  Thorson. 
Knut  Thorson  Valders  Wis  09-17— Dead. 
Lillie  E  Thorson  Benson  Minn  09-12.     Fa  Ole  Thoreson 

Nes,  N  Aurd  s  o  Thore  Olsen  &  Olia.    Mo  Betsey  Dokke- 

bakken  d  o  Ole  Anderson  &  Kari. 

Thor  Dovre  Thorson  Maddock  N  D  04 —  S  o  Harold  Thor- 
son. 

Mrs  Jane  Thorsrud  Callender  la  16-17. 
Carl  K  Thorstad  Doran  Minn  07-17. 
H  C  Thronson  White  Earth  N  D  17— 
Ole  Throndson  Manitowoc  Wis  03-08  Am  64.     Md  Inge- 


THE   MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND  213 

borg   Gudbrandsd   Idstad,   Volbo.      S   o  Trond   Christian- 
sen &  Ingeborg  Olsd  Prestrud — Dead. 

Reier  Throndson  Canby  Minn  09-11. 

Gullik  T  Thune  Leland  la  03-12  Am  68  S  o  Gullik  Thomas- 
sen  Thune  Vang. 

Knut  K  Thune  Murdock  Minn  05 —  Am  79.  Md  Anne 
Evensd  HoVerstad  or  Hollen.  Fa  Knut  Johannesen 
Thune. 

Ole  Thvedt  Fulton   S   D    10— 

Rev  C  E  Tiller  Minneapolis  04 —  Md  Lina  G  Nerhaugen. 

L  J  Tjernagel  Story  City  05-11.  Md  Sarah  Johnson  Sol- 
berg.  Bro  P  G  Tjernagel. 

P  G  Tjernagel  Story  City  la  05 —  Md  Ingeborg  Johanne 
Olson.  Fa  Ole  Andreas  Tjernagel  fr  Finaas.  Mo  Mar- 
tha Karina  d*o  Nils  Andersen  Follinglo  &  Barbru  Mik- 
kelsd. 

Lars  L  Tobiason  Ashby  Minn  06-11  Am  55.  Md  Guri  Olsd 
Haave,  Lome.  Fa  Lars  s  o  Tobias  Gubel^ken  s  o  Sko'mar 
fr  Germany.  Mo  Jorand  d  o  Ole  Jensen  Kvismoen  & 
Ingeborg  Knutsd. 

*Roland  Tobiason  Hatton  N  D  (Qualseie  Lome)  Am  51. 
Md  Marit  Tollefsd  Mos0degaard.  Fa  Tobias  Gubbelykken 
Quisl  s  o  Lars  Haagensen  Husager  &  Berthe  Ellingsd.  Mo 
Ingri  d  o  Ivar  Rolandsen  Quil  &  Berit  Nilsd. 

Tobias  R  Tobiason  Hatton  N  D  02-16.  Md  1st  Jose- 
phine. Md  2d  Olivia  Bye.  Fa  Roland  Tobiason*.  Mo 
Marit  Tollefsd  0degaard,  W  Slidre. 

Jens  Tofteland  Luverne  Minn  13 — 

Adolph  Tollefsen  St  Paul  03-07. 

Torger  Torgerson  Fox  Minn  13-16. 
'Theodore  Torgerson  Pinecreek  Minn  13-14. 

Erik  Torgrimson  Grand  Meadow  Minn  02 —  Am  69.  Md 
Olivia  Torkildsd  Flaskerud.  Fa  Torgrim  T^rispladsen, 
Begndalen  s  o  Hans  Andersen  Raumbjerget,  Aadalen  & 
Else  Grov,  Hedalen.  Mo  Else  Gravlipladsen  d  o  Lars 
Veggesen  Gravli,  Aadalen  &  Berit  Andersd  Hougen, 
Aadalen— Died  1920. 


214  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

G  T  Torgrimson  Grand  Meadow  Minn  02  — S  o  Erik  Tor- 

grimson. 
Mrs  J^rgine  Torrison  Manitowoc  Wis  05 —  Md  Thomas  E 

Torrison.     D  o  Capt  T  Tostenson*     Haugen,     Hegge  & 

Ragnild  Knutsd  Quate  (Bygsle). 
G  Torstenson  Leeds  N  D  14— 
*Capt  Tosten  Tostenson  Manitowoc  Wis  Am  51.     Md  1st 

Ragnild  Knutsd  Quale.     Md  2d  Marit  Olsd  Aabol.     Fa 

Tosten  Haugen  s  o  Knut  Tostensen   (?)    Skammestein 

&  Ingebor  Melby.     Mo  J0r0nd  d  o  Thomas  Christensen 

Vaarum  &  Anne. 
Knut  N  Torstacl  Minneapolis  08 —  Am  07.     Fa  Nils  Tor- 

stad  s  o  Anders   Haldorsen  Veblen   &  Ingeborg  Nilsd 

Rogn.     Mo  Marit  d  o  Knut  Tjzfrstad.     Served  in  World 

War. 

Ole  Tostenson  Kensett  la  04-11. 
Gunder  Traaen  Spring  Grove  Minn  15 — 
B  N  Tro  Emmons  Minn  02— 
K  N  Tro  Emmons  Minn  02— 
N  G  Tro  Emmons  Minn  09 — 
Nils  N  Tro  Emmons  Minn  02-06  (Myreeiet). 
T  K  Tro  Emmons  Minn  08— 
T  Tronson  (Bunde)  Amherst  Wis  09-10. 
Gilbert  K  Tufty  Chicago  05— 
Olaf  Tufte  St  Paul  10-13. 
Ole  E  Tuve  Peterson  Minn  12 — 
Prof  Anton  G  Tuve  Canton  S  D  04-18.     Md  Ida   Maria 

Larson.     Fa  Gulbrand  Tuv  s  o  Ole  Gulbrandsen  S0rum 

&  Marit  Fodnes.  Mo  Torbj0r  d  o  Aamund  J0rgensen  & 

Ragnild  Mikkelsd,  Saetisdal. 

O  G  Tuve  Toronto  S  D  04  — Bro  Anton  G  Tuve. 
Rev  N  G  Tvedt  Maskell  Nebr  04— 
Haaver  A  Tvenge  Hills  Minn  02-16. 
Tollef  Tvenge  Decorah  la  13-17 — Dead. 
Ole  N  Tweet  Menominee  Wis  03-06  Am  61.     Md  Emma 

Tollefson.     Fa  Nils  O  Tweet  s  o  Ole  Tvedt  &  Gunhild. 

Mo  Ingeborg  d  o  Knut  Ranum  &  Olina,  Skrautvaal. 


THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  215 

Bj0rn  T  Ulnes  Valders  Wis  09— 

Ole  H  Ulness  Eleva  Wis  13-14. 

T  O  Ulness  Walcott  N  D  02-10. 

Ulrik  O  Ulnes  Eleva  Wis  11—  Am  68.     Md  Maria  Julsd 

Gottenborg    Fa  Ole  Jorgensen  Hilmen  Svenes.  Mo  Anna 

Ulriksd  Ulnes. 

Knud  Ulrikson  Canton  S  D  03—  Bro  Ulrik  Ulrikson*. 
Tom  Ulrikson  Canton  S  D  04-15. 
Ulrik  Ulrikson  Canton  S  D  03— Am  73.    Md  Ragnild  Olsd 

Fodnes.    Fa  Ole  Ulriksen  (Haugerstuen,  N  Aurd).    Mo 

T0re  Knudsd  Lien,  N  Aurdal. 
Ole  O  Ulve  Lake  Mills  la  04—  Am  68.  Wife  Ingeborg.  S  o 

Ole  O  Ulvenseie  &  Ingeborg. 
O  A  Ulven  Adams  Minn  09-11. 
Peter  Utgard  Ceylon  Wis  15 — 

Agnes  K  A  Veblen  Minneapolis  08 —  D  o  A  A  Veblen. 

Andrew  A  Veblen  East  San  Diego  Calif  02 —  Md  Kirsti 
T  Hougen  Md  2d  Mrs  Elisabeth  A  (Rudi)  Ringstad.  S 
o  Thomas  A  Veblen  &  Kari  Thorsteinsd  Bunde. 

Carl  A  Veblen  Hallock  Minn.  S  o  Rev  Sigurd  Olsen  & 
Emily  d  o  Thomas  A  Veblen  &  Kari  Bunde. 

Elling  Haldor  Veblen  Reed  Point  Mont  16 —  Md  Mary 
E  Hitchcock.  S  o  A  A  Veblen.  Served  in  World  War. 

Gertrude  Ingeborg  Veblen  Minneapolis  11 —  D  o  A  A  Veb- 
len. 

Haldor  Andersen  Veblen  04-05  Am  48.  Bro  Thos  A  Veb- 
len— Dead. 

Harold  Veblen  Big  Timber  Mont  16—  Md  Marion  Light- 
body.  S  o  A  A  Veblen 

John  Edward  Veblen  La  Mesa  Calif  02—  Md  Sirina  Helle- 
rud.  S  o  Thos  A  Veblen. 

Orson  A  Veblen  Denton  Mont  02 —  Md  S^nneva  Rauk.  S  o 
Thos  A  Veblen. 

Ole  J  Veblen  Decorah  Iowa  04-06. 

Oswald  Veblen   Princeton   N   J  06— Md   Mary   Elizabeth 


216  THE  VALDRIS   BOOK 

Dixon  Richardson.     S  o  A  A  Veblen.     Served  in  World 

War. 
Thorstein  B  Veblen  New  York  02—  Md  Ellen  Rolfe.    S  o 

Thos  A  Veblen. 
Thomas  Anderson  Veblen  02-06  Am  47.     Md   Kari   d  o 

Thorstein  0stensen  Bunde  &  Berit  Egge.    Fa  Anders  H 

Veblen  s  o  Haldor  Haldorsen  0igar  &  Marit  Thorkelsd 

Bagetun.     Mo  Jartru  d  o  Thomas  Olsen  T^rstad  &  Jar- 

tru  Pedersd  Veblen — Dead. 
Thomas  J  Veblen  Denton  Mont  02-16.     Md  Emma  Berg. 

S  o  O  A  Veblen. 
Thorkel  Alfred  Veblen  Big  Timber  Mont  15 —  Md  Anna 

Malloy.    S  o  A  A  Veblen    Served  in  World  War. 
*Arne  O  Veien  Langhei  Minn  Am  83.     Md  Anne  Pedersd 

Moen.    Fa  Ole  s  o  Ole  Veien  &  Ingeborg.    Mo  Anne  d  o 

Arne  &  Sesel  R0o,  Reinli. 
Nils  Veien  Kensington  Minn  04-10. 
Peder  A  Veien  Glenwood  Minn  06 —  Am  83.     Fa  Arne  s  o 

Ole  O  &  Anne  Arnesd  Veien.     Mo  Anne  d  o  Peder  N 

Moen  &  Barbo  T  Dokken. 
Martin  O  Venden  Black  Earth  Wis  10— 
K  A  Vick  Decorah  la  09— 
Lars  K  Vik  Decorah  la  04-06. 
Ole  E  Vick  McKee   Ore   10—  Am  84.     S  o   Engebret  J 

Viken  &  Inge  Tidemandsd. 
Paul  Vik  Fargo  N  D  13— 
Knut  K  Viken  Sacred  Heart  Minn  03 —  Am  57.    Md  Betsey 

J  d  o  Thos  A  Veblen.    Fa  Nils  s  o  Knut  Haugrud  &  Rag- 

nild.    Mo  Marit  Olsd  Tildeis-Viken. 
K  N  Viste  Sawyer  Wis  16 — 
Nils  O  Viste  Adams  Minn  02-08  Am  69.    Md  Ragnild  Olsd 

Hippe.     Fa  Ole   Nordviste  s  o   Engebret  Hande.     Mo 

Marit  Nilsd  Nordviste — Dead. 
Mrs  Ragnild  Viste  Adams  Minn  Am  69    Md  Nils  O  Viste. 

D  o  Ole  Bj^rnsen  Hippe  &  Berit  Viste. 
Andrew   O   Void   Maynard   Minn  03 —  Kattevold,   Vang. 
0  P  Volden  Spring  Grove  Minn  13-14. 


THE  MEMBERS   OF  THE  VALDRIS   SAMBAND  217 

Dr  O  E  Wald  Chicago  03-09  Bro  N  E  Wold. 

Mrs  Henry  G  Walker  Iowa  City  la  11 —  Signy  Arndora  d  o 
A  A  Veblen. 

Mrs  Sigrid  Wallace  Minneapolis  04-09 — Dead. 

Nils  Wangensten  Nashwauk  Minn  09-13. 

Martin  A  Weblen  Minneapolis  02 —  S  o  Tosten  Anderson 
(Nedre)  Weblen,  Vang  &  Kari  Nilsd  Viste. 

Johannes  H  J  Week  Spring  Valley  Minn  02 —  Am  55.  Md 
Martha  Syversd  Braaten.  Fa  Halvor  Johannessen  Vig 
Haademseie,  N  Aurdaf.  Mo  J0rend  d  o  Nils  Engebret- 
sen  Haugerstuen  &  Sigrid.  Civ  war  vet — Dead. 

'G  N  Weflen  Granite  Falls  Minn  09— 

*Ole  E  Weflen  Thompson  N  D  Md  Anna  W  Bunde. 

Carl  G  Westboe  Erdahl  Minn  06-09. 

G  K  Westboe  Elbow  Lake  Minn  06 —  Fa  Knut  Arnesen 
Vestbjzteie.  Mo  Kjersti  d  o  Andreas  Bergei,  Liagrenden, 
N  Aurd  &  Marit. 

Halvor  H  Westlie  Beaver  Creek  Minn  05 —  Fr  Lome,  W  SI. 

Dr  A  G  Wethal  Minneapolis  09-15. 

L  O  Wilson  Minot  N  D  02-08  Fr  0degaard,  Vang. 

O  O  Wilson  St  Paul  Minn  06-16.    Bro  LOW. 

Ludvig  Winger  Decorah  la  04-11. 

G  A  Wiste  Lincoln  N  D  06-14. 

P  T  Wiste  Adams  N  D  10— 

Knut  J  Wold  Roseau  Minn  04 —  S  o  John  Knutson  &  Rag- 
nild  Olsd  Bustebakke. 

Nils  E  Wold  Roseau  Minn  04—  Am  74.  Md  Carrie  O 
Paalelien.  Fa  Erik  Wold  s  o  Tidemand  T  Kjendsrud 
&  Kirsti  Erikscl  Klemesrud.  Mo  Necoline  d  o  Nils  Hal- 
vorsen  Neraasen,  Biri  &  Thonette  Olsd  Ruud. 

O  T  Wold  Erskine  09-13. 

Tidemand  E  Wold  Winger  Minn  05-12  Am  83.  Md  Clara 
Taraldsrud  Md  2d  Aase  Lee.  Bro  N  E  Wold*— Dead. 


CHAPTER  V. 

VALORISES  WHO  ENTERED  THE 
COUNTRY'S  SERVICE  IN  THE 

WORLD  WAR 

• 

Many  of  the  bygdelags  have  taken  action  to  do  honor  to 
their  young  men  and  women  who  proved  their  patriotism 
by  entering  their  country's  service  during  the  war  and 
loyally  doing  their  full  measure  of  duty.  To  this  end  some 
lags  have  been  collecting  information  regarding  those  that 
served.  The  Valdris  Samband  was  among  the  very  first 
to  take  up  this  matter.  The  president  in  November,  1918, 
published  in  the  papers  a  request  to  all  that  knew  of  Val- 
drises  that  had  entered  their  country's  service  in  the  war 
to  send  him  information,  for  the  records  of  the  Samband 
and  for  publication.  And  during  the  following  month  of  De- 
cember he  mailed  to  several  hundred  members  copies  of  a 
circular  explaining  the  purpose  and  containing  blank  spaces 
in  which  to  enter  the  desired  data.  He  has  several  times 
repeated  the  appeal  in  the  press,  mailed  later  editions  of  the 
first  and  other  circulars,  and  has  written  a  large  number  of 
letters. 

He  has  in  this  done  his  "level  best"  to  get  as  complete 
a  list  as  could  be;  and  it  gives  him  great  satisfaction  to 
embody  here  the  results  of  the  generous  response  made  by 
hundreds  of  our  members  and  friends,  who  have  co-oper- 
ated in  the  movement,  often  at  the  cost  of  much  time  and 
trouble  to  themselves.  They  no  doubt  regard  their  work 
as  a  proper  duty,  gladly  performed,  that  we  all  owe  our 
young^  people  that  went  forth  to  make  the  sacrifice.  And 
no  thanks  from  the  writer,  however  cordially  given,  can 


VALDRISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  219 

materially  heighten  the  satisfaction  they  all  feel  over  hav- 
ing joined  in  this  tribute  to  our  young  defenders. 

The  following  list  contains  some  nine  hundred  names 
and  constitutes  a  great  roll  of  honor.  But  it  is  a  matter  of 
much  regret  that  it  doubtless  falls  far  short  of  including  all 
those  of  Valdris  lineage  who  entered  their  country's  service. 
How  many  more  it  should  contain  there  is  of  course  no 
present  means  of  knowing;  but  that  the  number  lacking  is 
considerable  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  from  some  settle- 
ments or  localities,  where  Valdrises  are  known  to  be  numer- 
ous, few  names  have  been  reported.  Possibly  this  is  due  to 
indifference  on  the  part  of  those  who  have  read  the  appeals 
made  in  the  press  or  have  been  personally  solicited  to  help. 
But  it  is  more  likely  due  to  a  failure  to  see  in  this  move- 
ment an  opportunity  for  attesting  one's  appreciation  of 
the  spirit  in  which  our  boys  and  girls  met  the  serious  ques- 
tion of  sacrifice. 

The  first  and  main  purpose  of  collecting  this  informa- 
tion was  to  get  an  authentic  record  of  the  service  people 
of  Valdris  lineage,  to  be  preserved  in  the  archives  of  the 
Valdris  Samband,  and  if  possible  to  make  this  record  com- 
plete. 

In  the  second  place,  it  was  planned  to  publish  the  list 
of  names,  together  with  some  of  the  more  outstanding  facts 
reported.  And  this  plan  is  carried  out  in  the  list  that  fol- 
lows. The  blanks,  or  questionnaires,  that  were  issued  pro- 
vided for  the  items:  Name,  address,  age,  birthplace,  date 
of  entering  service,  rank  and  organization,  training  camps, 
whether  sent  oversea  and  where,  any  special  happenings 
date  of  discharge,  the  father's  and  mother's  names  and  bygd 
and  grandparents'  bygd,  and  the  old  family  gaards-name. 

In  this  list  space  has  been  given  only  to  such  of  these 
data,  so  far  as  they  have  been  furnished,  as  might  seem  to  tell 
the  most  essential  facts  about  each  one.  Sometimes  not 
even  the  address  was  reported.  Very  few  have  reported 
the  rank,  except  in  the  case  of  officers.  The  time  of  dis- 
charge from  service  is  of  course  not  found  in  the  reports 


220  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

that  came  in  before  the  person's  service  ended.  The  com- 
piler of  this  Roll  of  Honor  would  gladly  have  given  a  full 
outline  history  with  each  name;  but  he  could  not  do  it  in 
-the  cases  of  defective  returns ;  and  considerations  of  eco- 
nomy in  the  use  of  space  have  enforced  brevity  in 
summarizing  the  others. 

Errors  have  doubtless  crept  into  this  record  in  spite  of 
earnest  carefulness.  It  happens  in  some  cases  of  duplica- 
tions by  different  correspondents,  that  the  names  are  not 
spelled  alike,  the  addresses  given  are  different,  and  other 
discrepancies  occur.  And  errors  doubtless  occur,  too,  in 
reports  turned  in  by  others  than  the  soldier  himself  or  his 
nearest  of  kin.  Whoever  discovers  errors  in  the  list  is  re- 
quested to  report  corrections  to  the  author  or  some  official 
of  the  Valdris  Samband,  in  order  that  the  defects  in"  the 
society's  record  may  be  rectified.  And  of  course  it  is 
equally  much  desired  that  all  omissions  be  supplied  so  that 
the  archives  may  preserve  a  full  list  of  the  Valdris  service 
men  and  women.  The  compiler  of  the  present  roll  of  names 
hopes  that,  when  full  returns  have  come  in,  a  revised  ac- 
curate and  complete  list  may  be  published  by  the  Samband. 

This  outline  record,  brief  and  even  incomplete  as  it  is, 
nevertheless  is  one  of  which  every  Valdris  may  be  proud. 
Our  young  men  have  acquitted  themselves  in  such  a  man- 
ner that  we  may  justly  feel  ourselves  favored  to  own  kin- 
ship with  them.  And  surely  every  Valdris  feels  personally 
touched  by  sorrow  for  those,  of  these  kinsmen,  that  went 
forth  and  gave  all  that  any  man  can  give,  and  who  can  not 
return  to  their  homes  and  grieving  families. 

THE  CONTRACTIONS  AND  ABBREVIATIONS  that  are  used 
in  the  list  are  such  as  will  be  readily  understood.  The 
first  date  is  that  of  entering  service.  Two  dates  joined  by 
a  hyphen  indicate  the  beginning  and  end  of  service.  Dates 
are  contracted  by  writing  day,  month,  and  year  without 
spaces,  as  24jun'18  means  June  24th,  1918.  Fa,  Mo,  Par, 
S  o,  D  o,  Grfa,  Grmo,  Grpar  etc.,  are  abbreviations  for 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  221 

father,  mother,  parents,  son  of,  daughter  of,  grandfather, 
grandmother,  grandparents,  etc.  Where  the  bygd  of 
parents  is  given,  it  does  not  necessarily  mean  that  they 
were  born  there,  but  that  their  people  came  from  that  part. 
When  the  old  "gaards-names"  are  known  they  are  added 
in  cases  where  the  American  name  does  not  seem  to  give  a 
good  clue  to  the  identity  of  the  person's  family.  The  other 
abbreviations  used  are  such  as  are  in  current  use,  or  are 
taken  from  the  reports  turned  in  by  the  correspondents. 
Names  are  spelled  as  they  have  been  reported. 

Casper  I  Aaberg  Starbuck  Minn 

Sigurd  Christian  Aaberg  Roy  Wash  6mar'17-feb'19 
Co  F  65th  Art.  Forts  Flagler,  Gary.  To  France  Sapr'18. 
Pont-a-Mousson,  St.  Mihiel,  Verdun.  Fa  E  E  Aaberg. 

Syver  Aaberg  Starbuck  Minn 

Benny  Aastad  Granite  Falls  Minn  Fa  Knut  Aastad  (Slet- 
ten)  W  Slidre.  Mo  Lovise  Grover  (Graven)  Vang. 

Carl  Alsaker  Benson  Minn  To  France.  Mo  Dorte  Gul- 
brandson,  N.  Aurdal.  Bro  Gilbert  Alsaker. 

Gilbert  Alsaker  Benson  Minn  Slightly  wounded  in  France. 

John  Amb  Portland  N  D  Served  9  months.  Fa  Carl  Amb, 
Toten.  Mo  Karoline  Renden,  Etnedalen. 

Adolph  Amundson  Cable  Wis  29jun'17-27  may'19  32  Div 
Camp  McArthur.  France.  Fa  Andrew  K  Amundson 
(Stenseth).  Mo  Inger  Nelson  Overgaard,  Etnedalen. 

Alma  Amundson  Soldier  la  28jul'18  Camp  Merritt.  France 
oct'18.  Fa  Ole  Amundson  (Rude),  N.  Aurdal. 

Carl  Amundson  Baron  Wis  29juri7-28may'19  32  Div.  Waco 
Tex.  France.  Fa  Even  K  Stenset.  Mo  Ragnild,  Etne- 
dalen. 

Norman  Amundson  Dallas  Wis  28may'18-7may'19  35  Div. 
France.  Fa  Andrew  K  Amundson  (Stenseth).  Mo  In- 
ger Nelson  Overgaard,  Etnedalen. 

Oscar  Amundson  Portland  N  D  Fa  Nels  Amundson,  Et- 
nedalen. 

Alvridge  R  Anderson  Decorah  la  26jul'18-  No.  4  U  S  Reg. 


222  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Camp  Gordon  Ga.  Germany.  Fa  Oliver  J  Anderson, 
Vang.  Grpar  Mr  &  Mrs  A  K  Anderson  (Bakka)  (Grove) 

Arthur  Anderson  Auburndale  Wis  Camp  Grant.  Oversea. 
Fa  Ole  Anderson  KJ0S.  Mo  Barbo  Olsd  Onstad. 

Arthur  J  Anderson  Kathryn  N  D  jun'18-jun'19  To  France 
at  once.  Pharmacist  w  Med  Detachment.  (Johmen, 
Lomen). 

Arthur  M  Anderson  Greenbush  Minn  Fa  Knut  Anderson. 

Carl  Alfred  Anderson  Montevideo  Minn  15may'18-29sep 
'19  Great  Lakes.  Seaman  2d  class  U  S  Naval  Reserve 
Force.  Fa  Syver  Anderson  (Skavelhuset).  Mo  Barbro 
Lovhaug. 

Carl  O  Anderson  Soldier  la  25feb'18-  At  front  3  mo.  Fa. 
Nels  Anderson  (Strand)  N  Aurdal. 

Clarence  Anderson  Sioux  City  la  Nov'18-  Par  A  G  Ander- 
son &  Berit  Bakke. 

Clarence  W  Anderson  Decorah  la  May'18-  Co  E  53d  Inf 
U  S  Regs.  Camp  Columbus  O.  France.  Fa  Oliver  J. 
Anderson  (Bakka,  Grove). 

Edward  C  Anderson  Boscobel  Wis  25may'18-  In  Army  of 
Occupation.  Fa  A  E  Anderson,  Hedalen.  Mo  Kari 
Knudson,  N.  Aurdal.  (Primsletbraaten,  Aspeholt). 

Edwin  Anderson  Ahnape  Wis  Fa  Arnt  Anderson,  Trond- 
hjem.  Mo  Kari  Orderdalen,  Skrautvaal. 

Harry  T  Anderson  Grand  Meadow  Minn  25may'18-  Camps 
Lewis  &  Kearny.  Died  of  wounds  received  in  action 
4nov'18.  Fa  Arne  Anderson  fr  Sogn.  Mo  Melia  d  o 
T  S  &  Anna  T  Bohn,  Valdris. 

Henry  Anderson  Duncombe  la  July'18-  France.  Par  Hans 
&  Serine  Anderson.  (Follinglo). 

Milo  Anderson  Soldier  la  Aug'18  Tr  Camp  Ames,  la.  Fa 
Nels  Anderson.  Grpar  Strand,  N.  Aurdal. 

Oliver  A  Anderson  Decorah  la  Sep'17-  Corpl.  Camp  Dodge. 
France.  Fa  Oliver  Anderson  (Bakka,  Grove) 

Orville  Anderson  Hampden  N  D  Oversea.  Fa  T  S  Ander- 
son, Etnedalen.  Mother's  par  Hedalen  &  Hadeland. 

Peter  M  Anderson  Washington  D  C  Lieut  Col  Engr  Corps. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  223 

In  charge  of  embarkation  service  &  inspection  &  con- 
struction of  boats.  Canada  &  U  S.  Par  Christian  An- 
derson (Skindingsrud),  Hedalen,  &  Marit  Lien,  Reinli. 

Rudolph  Anderson  Auburndale  Wis  Oversea.  Fa  Ole  An- 
derson Kjjzfs.  Mo  Barbo  Olsd  Onstad.  Bro.  Arthur. 

Sherman  Edwin  Anderson  Montevideo  Minn  15may'18-29 
sep'19  Seaman  2d  cl  U  S  N  R  F.  Great  Lakes.  Fa  Sy- 
ver  S.  Anderson  (Skavelhuset)  Mo  Barbro  Lovhaug, 
Etnedalen. 

William  Anderson  Como  Ave  Minneapolis  Minn 

Arthur  C  Arneson  Decorah  la  30jun'18-  Musican  2d  cl  U  S 

N.    Great  Lakes.     Mo  Inger  Tobiason.    Grpar  fr  Vang. 
Clarence  Arneson  Binford  N  D 
Fred  W  Arneson  Chicago  111  ljun'18-22  feb'19-Co  C  21st 

Inf   16th   Div.     Camps   Taliefero   &  Kearny.     Over  COCK 

Mo  Inger  Tobiason.    Grpar  fr  Vang. 
J   B  Arneson  D  D  S  Chicago  111  8jan'18-16dec'18  Dental 

Co  No  1  Med  Dept.  Camp  Greenleaf.  Mo  Inger  To- 
biason. Grpar  fr  Vang. 

Johnny  Aslakson  Hancock  Minn  Fa  Haldor  Aslakson 
William  A  Austin  Malung  Minn  Oversea. 
Alfred  M  Avok  Hancock  Minn  19sep'17-21feb'19  Co  E  39th 

Inf.     Camp  Dodge.     France.     Shrapnel  wound  in  arm. 

Fa  A  A  Avok.    Mo  Annie  Gilbertson.    Grpar  Gulbrand  A 

Revling  &  Anna  A  Avok 
Aimer  Ayen  Mt  Horeb  Wis 
Gilford  Ayen  Mt  Horeb  Wis 
Theodore  Ayen  Mt  Horeb  Wis 
Axel  Backer  Fargo  N  D  Fa  Halsten  Backer,  Hedalen.   Mo 

fr  Hadeland. 

Bennie  Backer  Blue  Mounds  Wis 
Daniel  Baker  Blackfoot  Idaho  Jun'17-  Med  Dept  43d  Inf. 

Par  Ole  G  Baker  &  Ida,  Telemark.     Bakkene,  Reinli. 
Clarence  Bakke  Crookston  Minn  Enl  but  did  not  serve.   Fa 

S  H  Bakke  (Bakkom,  Hedalen) 
Harold   E    Bakke   Crookston   Minn    17  mo   service.     Srgt 


224  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

337th  Field  Art  88th  Div.  Camp  Dodge.  France  5  mo. 
Fa  S  H  Bakke  (Bakkom,  Hedalen) 

Bennie  Bakken  Mt  Horeb  Wis 

Harry  Bakken  Mt  Horeb  Wis 

Raymond  Bakken  Mt  Horeb  Wis 

Adolph  Bang  Klevenville  Wis  To  France. 

Halvor  Bang  Storden  Minn  15jul'18-19dec'18  Mechanic  Air- 
planes, Co  K  1st  Regt  ASMS  Dunwoody  Inst  &  Over- 
land School.  Par  Olaf  Bang,  N  Aurdal,  &  Lina  Bang, 
Trondhjem. 

Martin  Adolph  Bangs  Klevenville  Wis  9aug'18-31  jul'19. 
Co  B  328th  Inf.  Camp  McArthur.  8  weeks  in  France 

Edwin  A  Beito  Mclntosh  Minn  7aug'18-21jan'19  Navy  Ra- 
dio Electrician.  Great  Lakes.  Par  Arne  &  Anna  Beito, 
E  Slidre. 

John  R  Belgum  Wilmot  S  D  Jun'18-  Auto  Driver  Co  B,  D 
S  T.  Par  ?^.rne  &  Ragnild  Belgum.  (Belgum,  Fladager) 

Sanford  Belgum  Mt  Horeb  Wis  Dead. 

Carl  Bendickson  Auburndale  Wis  In  U  S  Army.  Fa  Knut 
Bendiksen,  N  Aurdal.  Mo  Astri  Tollefd  Tuff,  W  Slidre. 

Fred  Bendickson  Auburndale  Wis  U  S  Army.  Bro  Carl 
Bendickson. 

Otto  Bendickson  Auburndale  Wis  Army.  Oversea.  Bro 
Carl  B. 

Thorwald  Bendickson  Auburndale  Wis  U  S  Army  Bro 
Carl  Bendickson. 

Bernard  Bendikson  Forestville  Wis  4sep'18-  Camp  Grant. 
Par  Knut  Bendiksen,  E  Slidre  &  Emma  Larson. 

Allen  Benson  Moorhead  Minn  25feb'18-  Camp  Dodge.  3 
mo  at  front  in  France.  Gassed.  Par  Anton  Benson  (Ler- 
skogen),  S  Aurdal,  &  Mary  Rude,  N  Aurdal. 

Ole  Benson  Everett  Wash  France.  Par  Knut  Benson 
(Bj0rnson),  Bagn,  &  Gunild  Kokkestad,  Hedalen. 

Prof  Wm  C  Benson  Northfield  Minn  2d  Lieut.  16jul'18-12 
jan'19.  Ft.  Sheridan.  Pers  Adj  St  Olaf  S  A  T  C.  Grpar 
Thrond  Svensen  B0rselien  &  Kari  G  Bjorgo. 

Arne  O  Berg  Minneapolis  30sep'18-oct'18.     Jefferson  Bar- 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  225 

racks.    Par  Ole  N  Dalen,  Bagn  &  Marit  d  o  Arne  &  Anne 

Bergene,  Bagn. 
George  Berg  Hatton  N  D  21sep'17  Camps  Dodge,  Greene, 

Pike.     S  o  Anton  Berg,  Etnedalen.     Mo  fr  Stavanger. 
Norval  Berg  Ridgeland  Wis 
Oliver  Berg  Portland  N  D  24jul'18-7may'19  30th  Bal  Co  2d 

Provisional  Aero  Regt.    Camp  Dodge.    France.    Fa  Nels 

O  N  Berg,  Etnedalen.  Mo  fr  Land.  (Solbrekeie) 
Theodore  Berg  Hatton  N  D  22jul'18  Camp  Dodge.  S  o 

Anton  Berg,  Etnedalen.     Mo  fr  Stavanger. 
Albert  A  Berge  Valders  Wis  Mar'18-  Camp  Custer.   Batty 

D  Field  Art  29th  Div.     Oversea  jun'18.     Par  Anton  K 

Berge  s  o  Ole  O  Berge,  Vang,  &  Oline  d  o  Ole  K  Gig- 

stad,  Aurdal. 
Albert    Ferdinand    Berge    Erskine    Minn     Feb'18-    Camp 

Dodge.    France  may'18.    Truck  Driver  Co  C  110.  Hauled 

munitions  and  troops.  S  o  Ole  T  Berge,  W.  Slidre. 
Guildford  Berge  Valders  Wis  S  o  Otto  Berge,  Vang. 
Harry  S  Berge  Valders  Wis  27apr'18  H  Q  Co  340th  Inf 

85th  Div.    A.  E.  F.    Camp  Custer.    France  29jul'18.  Par 

K  O  &  Mary  Berge.    Grpar  O  K  Berge,  W  Slidre,  &  Kari 

Nesja,  W  Slidre. 
Helmer  E  Berge  Dennison  Minn  24jun'18-     Camp  Grant. 

317th  Inf  80th  Div.    Oversea  7sep'18.    Mo  Kari  Vik,  W. 

Slidre. 
Ole  H  Berge  Minneapolis  Aug'17  Camps  Dodge  &  Pike. 

France.    Assigned  to  H  Q.    Sergt  Field  Art.    Born  Nor- 
way.   S  o  Ole  Gulliksen  Berge,  Vang,  &  Marit  K  Hauge, 

E  Slidre. 
Oscar  Kenneth  Berge  Valders  Wis  Dec'17-  28th  Co  20th 

Engrs.     Camp   Grant.     Oversea  apr'18.     Par  Anton    O 

Berge  &  Oline  Gigstad. 
Selmer  Berge  Mclntosh  Minn 
Walter  Floyd  Berge  Valders  Wis  18jul'18  Seaman  U  S  N 

R  F,  Great  Lakes.    Par  Anton  O  Berge  &  Oline  Gigstad. 
Albert  Bergene  Portland  N  D.     Oversea.     Par  Mr  &  Mrs 

C  A  Bergene,  Etnedalen. 


226  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Hilbert   Bergene   Clay    Banks   Wis  25jul'18-   Par   Halvor 

K  Bergene  &  Guri  N  Ssehle,  Skrautvaal. 
Oscar  Bergene  Dallas  Wis  30oct'17-8aug'19  Co  F  4th  Amm 
Train  4th  Div.  Camps  Grant,  Pike,  Greene.  Vesle,  St. 
Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne  offensives.  Army  of  Occupa- 
tion. Par  Nils  Bergene  &  Kari  Knutsd  Berg,  both  Etne- 
dalen. 

Oscar  M  Bergene  Adams  Minn  25may'18-17apr'19.  Batty 
B  347th  Field  Art.  Camp  Lewis.  Oversea,  Germany. 
Par  Ole  A  Bergene  &  Siri  S0rflaten. 

Helge  P  Berger  Minneapolis  5sep'17  Corpl  Batty  A  334th 
Field  Art.  Camp  Pike.  France  aug'18.  Par  Peder  & 
Sigrid  Berger,  Skrautvaal.  Born  Valdris. 

Henry  Octavius  Berger.  Menomonie  Wis  15dec'17-30sep 
'19  Fireman  U  S  S  Kronland.  Great  Lakes.  Many  trips  in 
Transport  Service.  Par  .Ole  H  Berger,  Skrautvaal,  & 
Mary  Granum. 

Melvin  Clarence  Berger  Menomonie  Wis  5jun'17-  Infan- 
try. Camps  Douglas,  McArthur.  Oversea  feb'18.  Was 
long  in  trenches.  Fate  unknown  apr'19.  Par  Ole  H  Ber- 
ger &  Mary  Granum. 

George  Gordon  Bergh  Madison  Wis  22jul'18  54  Pioneer 
Inf.  Camp  Wadsworth.  France.  Fa  Halvor  N  Bergh. 
Grpar  Dokken. 

Ingvald  G  Bergh  Madison  Minn  7sep'17-  Lieut  136th  Inf 
34th  Div.  Camp  Cody.  Fa  Halvor  N  Bergh.  Grpar 
Dokken. 

Fred  Biermann  Decorah  la  13may'17  1st  Lieut.  Co  B  313th 
Inf  88th  Div.  Camp  Ft  Snelling.  France.  Fa  E  E  Bier- 
mann. Mo  Martha  Christopher  (Moen),  Vang. 

Otis  Ingvald  Bjornson  Ellsworth  Wis  14aug'18-  Mech 
Training  School,  Kansas  City.  Died  of  pneumonia.  Fa 
B  K  Bjornson,  N  Aurdal.  Mo  fra  Land.  Gpar  Gigstad, 
Dokken. 

Alfred  Boe  Cyrus  Minn  29apr'18-20jun'19.  Camp  Dayton. 
Oversea.  Fa  Ole  O  Boe,  Vang.  Mo  fr  Hallingdal. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  227 

Albert  O  Boe  Dennison  Minn  23feb'18.     Infantry.     Camp 

Dodge.    Lost  leg  in  action.    Fa  Ole  I  Boe,  Vang. 
Andrew    Q    Boe    Dennison    Minn   24jun'18    Camp    Grant. 

Called,  no  service.     Fa  Ole  O  Boe,  Vang. 
Aslak  M  Boe  Northfield  Minn  Inf  St  Olaf  S  A  T  C,  Camp 

Grant  O  T  C.     Par  Helge  A  Boe  &  Marit  Lajord,  both 

Vang. 
Boie  Boe  Northfield  Minn  24jul'18-6juri9  54th  Inf  .6th  Div. 

Camp  Wadsworth.     4  mo  in  France,  6  mo  in  Germany. 

Par  Austen  &  Ingeleiv  Boe.     Born  Vang. 
Harold  Boe  Soldier  la  sep'18-  Seaman.    San  Francisco.  Par 

Ole  Boe  (Bakken),  N  Aurdal,  &  Lette  Boe,  S  Aurdal. 
Anton  Boen  Fergus  Falls  Minn  24jun'18 
Melvin  Boen  Fergus  Falls  Minn  Navy.     Crossed  Atlantic 

18  times. 
Thomas  A  Bonhus  Valley  City  N  D  27may'18-27  apr'19 

362  Inf  91st  Div.    Camp  Lewis.    In  action  St  Mihiel,  Ar- 

gonne,  Flanders.     Fa  K  A  Bonhus,  Mo  Margaret  d  o  A 

T  Remmen,  Vang. 
Melvin  Bordson  Black  Earth  Wis 
Gisle  B  Borlaug  Kenyon  Minn  lloct'18  Co  10  1st  Regt  S 

A  T  C  U  of  Minn.    Mo  Emma  Norsving  Borlaug.    Grfa 

Gudmund  Norsving. 
Clarence  Braaten  Northfield  Minn  10  mo  in  France.    Fa  C 

K  Braaten.     Mo  Gertrude  Thompson,  Voss. 
Ingvald  T  Braaten  Northfield  Minn  6sep'17  1st  Lieut  Field 

Art.     Camps  Dodge,  Jackson,  Meade.    Advanced  School 

Detachment  F  A,  A  E  F.    Fa  Christian  K  Braaten.    Mo 

Gertrude  Thompson,  Voss. 
Marvin   Braaten   Petersburg  N   D.    France.     Both  par  S 

Aurdal. 
Ole  J   Braaten  Montevideo   Minn  25may'18.     Air  service. 

Camps  Lewis,  Vancouver.     Par  Nils  Braaten,  W  Slidre, 

&  Ingeborg  Grefsrud,  R0n.     Born  Valdris. 
Alvin  Brager  Black  Earth  Wis 
Otto  Brager  Mt  Horeb  Wis 
Severin  H  Brager  Roseau  Minn  Apr'18.    Corporal.     Over- 


228  THE    VALDRIS   BOOK 

sea  jun'18.     Aviation  service.     Fa  fr  Hedalen.     Mo  fr 
Aadalen. 
William  Brager  Madison  Wis  Fa  C  O  Brager,  Etnedalen. 

Mo  fra  Begndalen. 
John  F  Brandt  Prince  Rupert  Canada  Colonel  in  Canadian 

Service.     S  o  John  Brandt,  W  Sildre. 
Dr  Arthur  F  Bratrud  Warren  Minn  Mo  fr  Begndalen. 
Dr.  Theodor  Bratrud  W'arren  Minn  June' 17  Mo  fr  Begn- 
dalen. 

Adry  Brattrud  Mt  Horeb  Wis 
Sam  Bratvold  Gully  Minn 
Olaf  C  Brekken  Chippewa  Co  Minn  Engineers  Corps  in 

France.     Par  Christopher  Brekken  &  Sigri  Lalim,  Vang. 
Iver  O  Brekken  Sacred  Heart  Minn  24jun'18-  Camp  Grant. 

France.    At  front  10  days.    Par  Knut  O  Brekken  &  Kjer- 

sti  Lalim,  Vang. 
Ole  K  Brekken  Sacred  Heart  Minn  May'18-     At  front  in 

France  10  days.     Par  Knut  O  Brekken  &  Anna  Rogn, 

Vang. 

Olaf  Bren  Brandt  S  D 
Ragnvald  Brenden  Osage  la 
Thorvald  Brenden  Kerkhoven  Minn  Killed  in  action.     Fa 

Thorgrim  Brenden,  Hedalen. 
Albert    Brenna    Cottonwood     Minn     Oct'18-dec'18    Camp 

Grant.     Fa  Ole  O  Brenna  Jr,  S  Aurdal. 
Edwin  Olai  Brenna  Cottonwood  Minn  Camp  Wadsworth 

a  few  weeks.     Fa  Ole  O  Brenna  Jr,  S  Aurdal. 
Hiram  Broin  Dennison  Minn  To  France. 
Melvin  J  Broin  Dennison  Minn 
Omar  Broin  Dennison  Minn  Called,  no  service. 
Reuben  Broin  Dennison  Minn  54th  Pioneer  Regt.     France 

and  Army  of  Occupation. 
Tom  Leonard  Bromner  Nelson  Wis  3apr'18  Corpl  Coast 

Art.    Ft  Worden,  Presidio,  Camp  Grant.    Fa  Carl  Brom- 
ner.   Grpar  Isak  Bromner  &  Sigri  Gausaker. 
Adolph    Broten    Dallas    Wis    lmay'17-17may'19   32d    Div. 

Camp  McArthur.    Fa  August  Broten,  Etnedalen. 


229 

Bennet  Bruflat  Blue  Mounds  Wis 

Benny  Bruflat  Huron  S  D  In  Railway  service. 

Fritjof  Bruflat  Hendricks  Minn 

Leroy  A  Bruflat  Hendricks  Minn  5mar'18-3oct'19  Copper- 
smith in  Navy,  U  S  S  Duncan.  Par  P  E  Bruflat,  Etne- 
dalen,  &  Christine  B  Sjursvik,  Senjen. 

William  Dons  Bruflat  Hendricks  Minn  18jun'17-llmar'18 
Corpl  Infantry.  Ft  Snelling,  Camp  Cody.  Par  P  E  Bru- 
flat, Etnedalen,  &  Christine  B  Sjursvik. 

Iver  L  Brujord  Culbertson  Mont  15dec'17-  Ord  Corps. 
France  jun'18.  Verdun- Sector.  Par  Lars  K  Brujord  & 
Ragnild,' both  Ulnes. 

Alfred  M  Bunde  Michigan  N  D  21sep'17-  Corpl  Co  L  348th 
Inf  87th  Div.  Camps  Pike,  Dix.  France.  Par  Mr  & 
Mrs  P  W  Bunde,  Vang. 

Minnie  Bush  Granite  Falls  Minn.  Hospital  Corps  in  France. 
Fa  Thomas  G  Bush.  Mo  Ingeborg  A  Hamre,  Vang. 

Edwin  S  Camrud  Buxton  N  D  15sep'18-10dec'18  Signal 
Corps.  Par  Iver  I  &  Ida  Kamrud,  N  Aurdal. 

Martin  M  Camrud  Buxton  N  D  8may'18-5jan'19  Q  M  C. 
Camps  Dodge,  Meigs,  Jefferson  Barracks.  Port  Ter- 
minals. Par  Iver  I  &  Ida  Kamrud,  N  Aurdal. 

Richard  B  Camrud  Buxton  N  D  31oct'17-19nov'17  Camp 
Lewis.  Par  Iver  I  &  Ida  Kamrud,  N  Aurdal. 

Ernal  Carlson  Moorhead  la  Seaman.  Great  Lakes.  Par 
Olaf  Carlson  &  Clara  d  o  Ole  K  &  Mary  Lee,  N.  Aurdal. 

Oscar  Carlson  Moorhead  la  Oversea.  Par  Olaf  Carlson  & 
Clara  d  o  Ole  K  &  Mary  Lee,  N  Aurdal. 

Karl  Chilstad,  Portland,  N  D. 

Emil  I  Christenson  Montevideo  Minn  24may'18-5apr'19 
347th  Field  Art.  Camps  Lewis  &  Merritt.  Par  John 
Christenson,  Hadeland,  &  Marit  Eriksd  Lovhaug,  Etne- 
dalen. 

Ernest  Christiansen  Clark  S  D  14nov'17-jul'19  Mechanic 
Signal  Corps.  One  year  in  France.  Fa  T  E  Christian- 
son.  Mo  Dorte  Siverson  fr  S  Aurdal. 

Frank  Christopher  Decorah  la  Apr'18-  140th  Inf  35th  Div. 


230  "  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Camp  Dodge.  France  jul'18.  Alsace,  St.  Mihiel  sector, 
Argonne  Forest  Drive.  Par  Martin  &  Anna  Christopher, 
Vang.  (Moen). 

Gerald  M  Christopherson  Sioux  Falls  S  D  7  aug'18  Co  A 
24th  Mach  Gun  Battn.  Camps  Fremont,  Mills,  Lee. 
Oversea  9  nov'18.  Fa  G  C  Christopherson  (Soine), 
Vang. 

Norman  W  Christopherson  Sioux  Falls  S  D  May'18  Navy 
Signal  Corps.  Fa  G  C  Christopherson  (Soine),  Vang. 

Oswald  S  Christopherson  Sioux  Falls  28may'18-  Co  D  362d 
Inf.  Camp  Lewis.  Oversea  5jun'18.  In  Argonne  Sector 
fighting.  Fa  G  C  Christopherson  (Soine),  Vang. 

Dolphin  Clemon  Soldier  la  Jul'18-  Camp  Gordon.  Brest 
12sep'18.  At  front  last  3  weeks.  Slightly  wounded.  Fa 
Martin  Clemon.  Mo  Adeline  Follinglo,  N.  Aurdal. 

Victor  Clemon  Soldier  la  Jun'18-  Camp  Dodge.  Brest  sep 
'18.  Fa  Martin  Clemon.  Mo  Adeline  Follinglo,  N  Aur- 
dal. 

Melvin  Colby  Mt  Horeb  Wis 

Selmer  Colby  Mt  Horeb  Wis 

Arthur  Ingeman  Dahl  Silverton  Ore.  Lieut.  France.  Par 
Halvor  O  &  Ingeborg  Anderson,  both  N  Aurdal. 

Conrad  Dahl  Silverton  Ore  Hospital  Corps.  France.  Par 
Ole  O  &  Ingri  Christenson  Dahl,  N  Aurdal. 

Henry  Simon  Dahl  Silverton  Ore  Died  feb'19.  Par  Halvor 
O  &  Ingeborg  Anderson  Dahl,  N  Aurdal. 

Selmer  Dahl  Albert  Lea  Minn  9aug'18-12mar'19.  Musician 
H  Q  Co  161st  Regt  41st  Div.  Camp  Dodge.  France  26 
sep'18.  Par  Iver  J  &  Christine  Dahl  (Opdahl). 

Barney  Dahle  Nekoma  N  D. 

Nils  Hjalmar  Dahle  St  Paul  Minn  Spring'17-Autumn'19. 
Yeoman  U  S  N.  Trained  Norfolk,  Va.  Cruising  to 
Spain,  Italy,  etc.  Fa  Prof  John  Dahle  s  o  Johannes  Dahle 
&  Anne  Nordtorp.  Mo  Johanne  Sjzfrli,  Elverum. 

Norris  D  Dahle  Caledonia  Minn  12oct'18-16dec'18.  SAT 
C,  U  of  Minn.  Aviation.  Fa  O  K  Dahle. 

Ralph  B  Dahle  Mt  Horeb  Wis 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  231 

William  Dahle  Caledonia  Minn  Fa  O  K  Dahle 

Banford  Dahle  Mt  Horeb  Wis 

David  K  Dalager  Lake  Park  Minn  28apr'18-28jan'19  Co  G 
358th  Inf  90th  Div.  Camps  Dodge,  Travis.  Wounded  in 
St  Mihiel  Drive  12sep'18.  S  o  Rev  Kr  Dalager. 

Paul  A  Dalager  Lake  Park  Minn  U  S  Army  Band,  Motor 
Transport  Corps.  Indianapolis.  S  o  Rev  Kr  Dalager. 

Roy  Dalager  Chicago  1st  Lieut.  Served  8  mo.  Fa  Peter 
G  Dalager,  Vang. 

Christian  Dale  Decorah  la  Sergt.  Fa  Lars  Dale.  Mo  Jen- 
ny Johnson  d  o  Mrs  Ingeborg  Brandt  Johnson. 

Selmer  Dalen  Grand  Meadow  Minn 

Anton  Dambroten  Granite  Falls  Minn  6sep'18-  7th  Co  Re- 
placement Troops.  Camp  Grant.  Fa  Ole  Dambroten, 
Swede.  Mo  Anna  Stende,  Vang. 

Elmer  Deden  Slayton  Minn  Mo  fr  Loe,  N  Aurdal. 

Willie  Deden  Slayton  Minn.  France.  Mo  fr  Loe,  N  Aur- 
dal. 

Helge  Dieserud  Washington  D  C  Lieut,  Engineers.  Rail- 
way Transportation  Officer,  France.  S  o  Juul  Dieserud. 

Clarence  Disrude  Soldier  la  Jun'18-  Camp  Dodge.  France. 
Par  Juel  &  Anna  Disrud,  N  Aurdal. 

George  Milton  Disrude  Brooklyn  Wis  18sep'17-23mar'19. 
Corpl  Auxiliary  Remount  Depot  321.  Fa  Sever  Disrude, 
N  Aurdal. 

Ellef  J  Dokken  Osage  la  Jul'18-jan'19  S  O  Thidemand  & 
Gunild  Grovsdokken,  Hedalen. 

Clarence  Dokken  Mt  Horeb  Wis  Dead. 

Gilman  Dokken  Clontarf  Minn  24may'18-22apr'19.  Co  L 
363d  Inf  Coast  Div.  Camp  Lewis.  In  u-boat  attack. 
Wounded  in  Argonne  Forest.  M  P  in  Belgium.  Fa 
Olaus  Dokken,  Reinli. 

Sam  Albert  Dokken  Blanchardville  Wis  3sep'18-  Co  37 
161st  Depot  Brigade.  Camp  Grant.  Died  of  pneumonia 
Soct'18.  Fa  Haldor  Dokken  (Kuldokken),  S  Aurdal.  Mo 
Bertha  Dammen. 

Albert  J  Dolven  Little  Falls  Minn  4jun'17-  Co  D  58th  Inf. 


232  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

Camp  Cody.     France  jun'18.     Killed  in  action  6  aug'18. 

Fa  A  M  Dolven,  Bagn. 
Noel    B    Dolven    Harlem    Mont    Dec'17-jun'19    Co    C   23d 

Egnrs.    Camps  Meade,  Merritt.    18  mo  oversea  in  France. 

Fa  A  M  Dolven. 
Eric  Egge  Pullman  Wash  Oct'18-nov'18  Fa  Albert  E  Egge, 

W  Slidre.     Mo  Sina  Berge,  Vang. 
Peter  Olaf  Egge  Kindred  N  D  24jun'18-28may'19    Camp 

Custer.     Par  Even  &  Kari  Olsd  Egge. 
Henry  Gilbert  Egge  Kindred  N  D  24jun'18-5jun'19    Camp 

Dodge.    France  8  mo.    Par  Even  J  &  Kari  Olsd  Egge. 
Gunnar  Olaus  Eicle  Maynard  Minn  Ssep'18-  Camps  Grant, 

Cody,  Hancock,  Ga.    Mach  Gun  Battn.    Fa  Peter  K  Eide. 

Mo  Anne  K  Heen,  Vang. 
Ole  Eide   Maynard  Minn.     Fa   P  K  Eide.     Mo  Anne  K 

Heen,  Vang. 
Henry     O    Eidsmoe    Nielsville     Minn    21oct'18-25nov'18. 

Camp  Cody.     Par  Amund  Eidsmoe,  Begndalen,  &  Anne 

Hansebraaten,  Bagn. 
Ingvald  A  Eidsmoe  Nielsville  Minn  26jul'18-13aug'18  Camp 

Wadsworth.     Par  Amund  Eidsmoe  &  Anne  Hansebraa- 
ten. 
Otto    Eidsmoe    Nielsville   Minn   25feb'18-14mar'19    Co    G 

118th    Inf   30th    Div.      Camps    Dodge,   Sevier.      France. 

Wounded  12oct'18.i   Par  Amund  Eidsmoe  &  Anne  Han- 
sebraaten. 
Albert  Johan  Ekren  Pennock  Minn  24jun'18-28oct'19  Army 

Field. Clerk,  Adj  Gen's  Dept.     Camp  Grant.     Par  Helge 

&  Margaret  Ekren,  Vang. 
Gerhard  A  Ellestad  Lanesboro  Minn  Ft  Sheridan,  SAT 

C,  St  Olaf.    Fa  G  B  Ellestad. 
Gilbert  N  Ellestad  New  Hampton  la  24oct'17-sep'19  Camp 

Pike.    Secretarial  work.    Fa  Peter  J  Ellestad. 
Grover  T  Johnson  (Ellestad)   New  Hampton  la  24oct'17- 

dec'18.     Co  H  38th  Regt  3d  Div.     France.     Fa  Peter  J 

Ellestad. 


VALDRISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  233 

Irwin  M  Ellestad  Lanesboro  Minn  28jun'18-apr'19.   Spruce 

Squadron,  Oregon.     Fa  G  B  Ellestad. 
Nils  T  Ellestad  Wetaskiwin  Canada.     France.     Wounded. 

Par  Thorleif  Nilsen  Ellestad  &  Anne  Eriksd  Egge.   Born 

Lomen,  Valdr. 
Reuben  B  Ellestad  Lanesboro  Minn  S  A  T  C,  Minn  U.    Fa 

G  B  Ellestad. 
George  Ellickson  Decorah  la  Spring'17.     1st  la  Inf.     In 

St  Mihiel  &  Argonne  battles.     Twice  wounded.     Grmo 

Diana  Anderson  (Endresd  Rudi,  Vang). 
Alfred  Ellingboe  Kandioyhi  Co  Minn  26jul'18-  Camp  Wads- 
worth. 
Elvin  Ellis  Decorah  la  Corpl  451st  Inf  88th  Div.     Camp 

Dodge.    France.    Fa  Ole  Ellis.    Mo  Julia  d  o  E  T  Hagen. 
Oliver  Elthun  Nerstrand  Minn  Veterinary  Corps. 
Melvin  Elvester  Cyrus  Minn  29apr'18-15apr'19  Co  C  357th 

Inf.     Camp  Travis.     Oversea  20jun'18.     Fa  fr  Telemark. 

Mo  fr  N  Aurdal. 
Gilbert  Adolph  Engen  Finley  N  D  lSjun'18-  Co  B  210th 

Engrs    10th   Div.     Camps   Funston,   Mills,   Humphreys. 

Par  Gilbert  G  &  Nettie  Engen,  both  Begndalen. 
John  Arthur  Engen  Finley  N  D  5nov'18-  Vocational  Train- 
ing, S  A  T  C,  N  D  Agr  Coll.     Par  Gilbert  G  &  Nettie 

Engen. 
Martin  Ensberg  Toronto  S  D   llmay'18-   110th  Inf  28th 

Div.     France  &  Germany. 
Selmer  Ensberg  Toronto  S  D  24jul'18- 
Bennie  Erickson  Barneveld  Wis 
Ervin  Erickson  Mt  Vernon  Wis 
Herman  Erickson  Mondovi  Wis  May'18-  France.     Fa  Ole 

Solbrekken,  Etnedalen.    Mo  fr  R0n. 
Jens  Erickson  Beresford  S  D  27jul'18-29  jul'19  14th  Mach 

Gun  Battn  5th  Div.     In  Argonne  Forest  battle.     Born 

Skrautvaal.     Bros  Syvert,  Martin. 

Martin  Erickson  Green  Co  Wis  22jun'18-16jul'19.     Veteri- 
nary.    Camp  Lee.     Par  Ole  Erickson,  Aadalen,  £  Lina 

Str^mmen,  Begndalen.     (Lovskogen). 


234  THE   VAL.DRIS   BOOK 

Melvin  Erickson  Mt  Horeb  Wis 

Nels  T  R  Erickson  Valders  Wis  5jul'18-25jul'19  Mechanic- 
ian Inf  Mach  Gun  Co  I.    Ft  Banning,  Ga.,  Columbus,  O., 

Camp  Hancock. 
Syvert  Erickson  Canton  S  D  15juli'17-  Corpl  116th  Supply 

Train.     France  1  yr.    Bro  Martin. 
Alex  A  Estrem  Dennison  Minn  To  France  oct'18-  Corpl 

144th  Inf  36th  Div.     Camp  Dix.     Par  Andr  A  Estren  & 

Marit  Soine. 

Joseph  Estrem  Dennison  Minn  Jul'18-aug'18. 
Alexander  C  Evans  Decorah  la  Aug'18-  Corpl  S  A  T  C, 

Fayette,  la.    Par  O  C  Evans  &  Marie.  Grpar  Christopher 

&  Anne  Evans  (Austreim). 
Rudolph  O  Evans  Decorah  la  Sjun'18-  Camp  Allentown, 

Pa.    Ambulance  Corps,  Base  Hospital  68.    France.     Bro. 

Alexander. 
C  L  Evanson  Ulen  Minn  23feb'18-    Co  H  129th  Inf  33d  Div. 

Camps   Dodge,   Logan.     In  action   Somme,   Meuse,  Ar- 

gonne  fronts.    Par  Theodore  Evanson  &  Regina  E  Mor- 

beck. 

Henry  Evanson  Mt  Horeb  Wis 
Bennet  O   Evenson   Valders    Wis    22oct'18-18dec'18    9th    I 

M  Battn  Art.     Camp  Nichols.     Par  Anton  Evenson  & 

Mathilda  Ulnes. 
Edward  G  Evenson  Cyrus  Minn  22jul'18-28jul'19.     France 

9  mo.     Par  Sam  Evenson  &  Ingri  (Diserud). 
Einar  A  Evenson  Stanley  Wis  llaug'17-  Co  A  119th  Mach 

Gun  Battn.     France.     Slightly  wounded.     Died  24sep'19 

from  complications  after  influenza.    S  o  Thron  Evenson, 

S  Aurdal. 
Elmer  Evenson  Valders  Wis  28may'18-  Camps  Lee,  Grant. 

Veterinary  Corps.     France.     Par  Christopher    Evenson 

Kvale,  Hurum,  &  Ingri  Helgsd  Nesja. 

Elroy  Evenson  Valders  Wis  22sep'17-  Camp  Custer.     Mo- 
tor Truck  Reserve.    France.    Par  Olof  &  Mary  Evenson 

(Oxhovd,  Snortum,  Nesja). 
George  Evenson  Toronto  S  D  Died  in  Germany. 


VALDRISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  235 

Isak  Evenson  Mondovi  Wis  25may'18-3jul'19.  Camp  Grant. 

10  mo  Vet.  Hosp  Work  in  France.     Par  Even  Heste- 

skind  &  Mathea  Rust,  Etnedalen. 
Jacob  Evenson  Portland  N  D  Regimental  Band.     France. 

Par  E  I  Evenson,  Toten,  &  Ragnild  Jordet  Begndalen. 
Johnny  Evjen  Pope  Co  Minn.    France.    Par  Ben  Evjen  & 

Annie  Espelien. 
Alvin  J   Farden   Maxbass  N   D    18sep'17-10jun'19     Camp 

Dodge.      1st   Sergt   Amm   Truck   Driver.      France.     Fa 

Jens  O  Farden,  W  Slidre   (Fere).     Mo  Anne  Karine  J 

Amundson. 

Jul  Fauske  Adams  Minn.    Among  first  enlistments.  France. 
Adolph   Field  Madison  Wis  24jul'18-  Camp  Grant  Army 

Police.     France.     Par  Reier  Fjeld  &  Carine  Spaanum. 

Grfa  Andris  Fjeld,  S  Aurdal. 
Harvey  Field  Mt  Horeb  Wis 
Krestian  Field  Aneta  N  D  U  S  Army.    Fa  Ole  Field,  Etne- 

dal.    Mo  Gudbrandsdjzfl. 
Raymond   Field   Madison   Wis    4apr'17    Corpl,    Aviation. 

Oversea.     Injured.     Par  Reier  Fjeld  &  Carine  Spaanum. 
Nels  E  Finkelson  North  Branch  Minn  27feb'18  Mach  Gun 

Co.     Camp  Dodge.     Killed  in  Argonne  Forest  battle  27 

sep'18.     Fa  Gilbert  N  Finkelson.     Mo  Carrie  Gordon,  N 

Aurdal.    Grandparents,  Presthage,  E  Slidre,  &  pdegaar- 

den,  N  Aurdal. 

Albert  K  Fjeld  Aneta  N  D  18sep'18-16jan'19  Wagoner  Sup- 
ply Co  338th  Field  Art.     France.     Fa  K  O  Fjeld.     Mo 

Gottenborg.    Both  Etnedalen. 
Maurice  H  Fladager,  Spring  Grove,  Minn  9apr'18-mar'19 

Camp  Jackson.     Corpl,  Ordnance.     Fladager,  N  Aurdal. 
Arnold  W  Flaten  Northfield  Minn  loct'18-10dec'18  SAT 

C,  St  Olaf  Coll.    Fa  Nils  Flaten,  Vang.    Mo  Lyngdal. 
Gilbert  W  Flaten  Moorhead  Minn  U  S  Navy  Fa  O  E  Fla- 
ten. 
Prof  Nils  Flaten  Northfield  Minn  lnov'18-3jul'19  Y  M  C  A 

Secy  Turin  &  Novara.    Par  Ole  I  Flaten  &  Maren  Steile, 

Vang. 


236  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

Olav  N  Flaten  Northfield  Minn  laug'18-lfeb'19  36  reg  Inf. 

Camp  Devens.    Fa  Nils  Flaten,  Vang.    Mo  Lyngdal. 
Oscar  Julius  Flom  Des  Lacs  N  D  Oct'17-llapr'19  Co  K 

354th  Inf.    St  Mihiel  Salient,  Verdun  Sector.     Wounded 

2nov'18     Fa  H  O  Flom.     Grfa  Ole  Nilson  Arnehaugen, 

Vang. 

George  Florand  Grand  Meadow  Minn. 
Maurice  Florand  Grand  Meadow  Minn. 
Martin  O  Fodnes  Amenia  N  D  24jun'18-19jan'19  26th  Co 

7th  Battn  166th  Depot  Brigade.     Later  Guard  Co  C  38th 

Battn,  Presidio.     Born   Fagernes.     Par  Ole  K.   Fodnes 

&  Kari  O  Rogndokken. 
Theodore  Fodnes  Menomonie  Wis  23jul'18 —  Camps  Grant, 

Mills  Mach  Gun  Co  344th  Inf  Black  Hawk  Div.    France. 

Died   of   Influenza   3nov'18.      Buried    Suresnes,    France. 

Par  Ole  O  Fodnes,  N  Aurdal  &  Jjzfren  Sselseng  W  Slidre. 
Gertrude  Forester  Tansem  N  D  lljun'18 — Army  Reserve 

Nurse    Base    Hosp    Camp    Lewis.      Born   Valdris.      Par 

Ivar  Fystraa  R0n  &  Marit  Dokken  0ie. 
Arthur  Forson  Madison  Minn  6  mo  in  France.     Fa  Albert 

E  Forson.     Mo  Haugen. 
Clarence  Fosholdt  Courtenay  N  D  30apr'18  — Sergt  Camp 

Dodge.     Fa  O  T  Fosholdt  Hedalen. 
George  Fosshage  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Sidney  Fosshage  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Paul  Fossum  Fergus  Falls  Minn  Ordnance  Corps  Edge- 
wood  Arsenal.    Fa  Prof  Andrew  Fossum.  (  ?) 
Andrew  Fremgaard  Assiniboia  Canada  Oversea. 
Carl  O  Frydenlund  Faribault  Minn  Ssep'18 —  Camp  Grant. 
Lauritz     Frylenlund     Soldier     la    25jul'17     Camp     Grant. 

3  mo  at  front.     Par  Erik  K  &  Johana  Frydenlund,  N 

Aurdal. 
Clarence  Theodore  Fystrom  Larimore    N    D    nov'17-1919 

France  Spring  '18  89th  Div.     Par  Ole  Fystrom,  R0n,  £ 

Caroline  Soljzfr. 
Gustav  Ingvald  Fystrom  Larimore  N  D  '15jan'19  France 

spring-'18  89th  Div.     Par  Ole  &  Caroline  Fystrom. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  237 

Julius  Edwin  Fystrom  Larimore  N  D  6  weeks  Camp  Dodge. 
Par  Ole  &  Caroline  Fystrom. 

Anthon  P  Garlid  Baldwin  Wis  5oct'18-14dec'18  S  A  T  C 
Univ  Wis.  Par  Ole  Garlid  &  Aagot  Brevik. 

Edwin  B  Garlic  Spring  Valley  Wis  6jul'18  Camp  Hancock 
Corpl  Mach  Gun  Co.  Par  Nels  N  Garlic,  N  Aurdal  & 
Barbra  Bergsbakken  Etnedalen. 

George  Garlid  Ellsworth  Wis  lsep'18-15jan'19.  Fa  Knut 
Garlid.  Mo  jZ>sterdalen. 

Oscar  G.  Garlid  Baldwin  Wis  21aug'18-17dec'18  Co  E  120th 
Engrs.  Ft  Benjamin.  Fa  Ole  Garlid. 

Ulrik  Garlie  Herrick  S  D  29aug'18  Camp  Funston  20th  Co 
5th  Battn  2d  Regt  164th  Depot  Brigade.  Died  of  pneu- 
monia 21oct'18.  Par  Anders  Ulriksen  Garlie  &  Inga 
Aaberg. 

Arthur  Gesme  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Gerhard  Gesme  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Bennet  Samuel  Gigstad  Valders  Wis  5  mo  in  service  Camp 
Lewis.  Mach  Gun  Co  A  14th  Div.  Par  Ole  O  Gigstad  & 
Sarah  Thompson  (Helle). 

Clarence  M  Gilbertson  Benson  Minn  Killed  in  action  in 
France.  Par  Carl  Gilbertson  &  Kristine  Navrud. 

Elbert  Gilbertson  Benson  Minn  Bro  Clarence. 

Morris  Gilbertson  Lone  Rock  Wis  Oversea.  Fa  Gustav 
Gilbertson  (Kokkestad),  Hedalen.  Mo  Marit  J0rud. 

Oliver  Gilbertson  Portland  N  D.  Fa  Henry  Gilbertson 
Begndalen.  Mo  fr  Bagn. 

Orrin  Gilbertson  Lone  Rock  Wis  Oversea.    Bro  Morris  G. 

Theodore  Gilbertson  Portland  N  D.  Fa  Henry  Gilbert- 
son  Begndalen.  Mo  fr  Bagn. 

Casper  Gilson  Rosholt  Wis  Jan'18 —  Camp  Grant.  France 
may'18  Chateau  Thierry  18jun'18.  Reported  missing  in 
action.  Grandson  of  Marit  Nilson  Quien. 

George  C  Gjevre  Maynard  Minn  Jul'18-apr'19  Camp  Wads- 
worth.  France  aug'18  Artillery,  Engineers  Corps.  Par 
Kristofer  Anderson  Gjevre  Vang,  &  Dorthea  Olsd  Jevne, 
N  Aurdal. 


238  THE    VALDRIS    BOOK 

Mrs    Charlotte   Tostenson    Glasscock    Minneapolis   Nurse. 

Fa  Capt  T  Tostenson  (Haugen)  E  Slidre.     Mo  Ragnild 

Knutsd  Kvale  (Bygsle). 
Gerhard  Goplerud  Osage  la  France.     Fa  C  C  Goplerud  Jr, 

Hedalen.     Mo  fr  Sol0Y. 
Lester  W  Gorder  Minneapolis  27aug'17-28aug'  19  Ft  Snell- 

ing.    1st  Lieut  Mach  Gun  Battn  77th  Div.    France.    Par 

Gustav  Gorder  &  Charlotte  Weltzin. 
Norman  Graff  Brandon  S  D.  • 

Inger  Granum  Chetek  Wis  Sep'18 —  Red  Cross  Nurse.  Par 

Knut  &  Lena  Granum  (N  Aurdal,  Reinli,  Etnedalen). 
Ivan  Raymond  Granum  Amery  Wis  lOapr'18  Srgt  43d  Co 

20th  Engrs  Oversea  6may'18.    Par  Arne  Granum  &  Marie 

Meiningen. 
Oscar  Ahnpheldt  Granum  Amery  Wis  10apr'18  — Srgt  43d 

Co  20th  Engrs.    Oversea  6may'18.    Par  Arne  Granum  & 

Marie  Meiningen. 
Ole  A  Grefsrud  Montevideo  Minn  May'18-12aug'19  Camp 

Lewis.    Wagoner  34th  Engrs.    France  jul'18.    Fa  Anders 

s   o   Ole   Reierson   Grefsrud   R0n.     Mo    Marit   Hagene. 

Born  R0n. 

Delmar  Grinde  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Frithjof  Grinde  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Reuben  Grinde  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Ole  Grondahl  Starbuck  Minn. 

George  Grove  Fisher  Minn.    Fa  Ole  G  Grove,  Hedalen. 
Guy  Grove  Bismarck  N  D.    Fa  H  G  Grove,  Hedalen.    Mo 

fr  Hedalen. 

Carl  Gulbrandson  Decorah  la. 
B'ernt    Gullikson    Portland    N    D.      Fa    Gullik  'Gullikson, 

Slidre.    Mo  fr  Reinli. 

Christopher  Gunderhus  Hatton  N  D  Oversea.    Par  Hedal- 
en. 

Henry  Gullickson  Canby  Ore  24jun'18 —  Infantry.     Pre- 
sidio.    Par  John  Gullickson   (Okshovd)   &  Marit  Eker- 

bakke. 
Gerhard  Gullikson  Samish  N  D  22jun'18—  Camp  Dodge  Co 


VALDRISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  239 

B   313th   Engrs  9th  Army   Corps.     Oversea    18aug'18. 

Par  Tollef  Okshovd  &  Ragnild  J^rstad. 
Arthur  Gulson  Black  Earth  Wis. 
Oben  GttHderson  Pilot  N  D  22juri8-oct'19  Camp  Custer. 

France.     Fa   Iver  E   Gunderson    (Nepstad).     Mo  Gud- 

brandsd^l. 
Herbert  Habberstad   Lanesboro  Minn  31may'18-31may'19 

Co  M  133d  Inf    33d  Div.  Oversea  14jun'18.    Fa  Ole  Hab- 
berstad.   Mo  Valdris. 
Adolph  Habich  Madison  Wis  23jun'18  Army  Police.    Camp 

Shelby.    Par  Wm  Habich  &  Marit  Ellestad. 
Harry  Haden  Toronto  S  D  28nov'17-25mar'19  Ft  Caswell 

N  C  6th  Anti  Aircraft  Batty.  St  Die  Toul  sector.     Fa 

J  L  Haden,  Dane.    Mother's  par  Valdris. 
Otto  S  Hagen  Ada  Minn  19jun'18-18jun'19  Camp  Douglas, 

Ft.  Sill.  Saddler  H  Q  Co  llth  Field  Art.    France  12jul'18 

Par  Andreas  G  (Beito)  &  Ingeborg,  Vang. 
Nils  N  Hagenes  Fairview  Mont  Co  G  22d  Engrs.     Active 

service  in  France.  Discharged  19jul'19.    Par  Nils  &  Inge- 

bj^rg  Haganes,  Born  N  Aurdal. 
Agnes  Gurine  Hain  Minneapolis  Nov'18 —  Red  Cross  Nurse. 

Camp  Fremont.     Letterman  Gen  Hospital,  March  Field. 

Par  O  A  Hain,  Hedalen  &  Caroline  Trondrud. 
Clarence  Haldorson  Hancock  Minn  24feb'l8-6juF19  Camp 

Dodge.    Sergt.  Oversea  to  France.    Par  Haldor  Erikson, 

N  Aurdal  &  Ragnild  Etnedalen. 
Edmund  Hall  Ahnape  Wis  Called  but  did  not  serve.  (Or- 

derdalen,  (Skrautvaal). 
Alfred  Halvorson  Brant  S  D. 

Carl  Halvorson  Auburndale  Wis  Oversea.    Par  Arne  Hal- 
vorson (Breiseth),  Aurdal  &  Kari  Anderson,  W  Slidre. 
Clarence  A  Halvorson  Hayton  Wis  18jul'18  Camp  Custer 

Wagoner  Field  Art  328th  Supply  Co  85th  Div  France 

aug'18.  Fa  Ole  Halvorson  Skrautvaal.     Mo  Lena  Hoide- 

berg. 
Christian  Halvorson  Clay  Banks  Wis  Par  Ole  Halvorson 

£  Rangdi  K  Alvstad,  both  E  Slidre. 


240  .  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

Earl  R  Halverson  Jasper  Minn  24may'17-13aug'19  Gunnery 
Sergt,  Marine  Corps.  Oversea  24may'18  St  Mihiel, 
Champagne,  Meuse-Argonne  sectors.  Coblenz.  Citation 
for  Distinguished  and  exceptional  gallentry.  Par  An- 
drew &  Beata  Halverson.  Grmo  Gudborg  Brager. 

Gustav  A  Halvorson  Decorah  la  26may'18  Fort  Dodge  Co 
B  337  M  G  Battn.  France.  Par  John  Halvorson  &  Marit, 
Vang. 

Henry  A  Halvorson  Auburndale  Wis.  Par  Arne  Halvor- 
son (Breiseth),  Aurdal  &  Kari  Anderson  W  Slidre. 

Herman  Goodwin  Halvorson  Los  Angeles  Calif  May'17-aug 
'19  Capt  Q  M  Dept.  Oversea  jan'18.  Par  Erik  Halvorson 
&  Rangdi  (Jevne)  Bjzf. 

Henry  Halvorson  Estherville  la  Fa  Tom  Halvorson. 
(Myhre). 

John  B  Halvorson  Emmons  Minn  5may'17 —  Camp  Lewis. 
Srgt  Co  A  364th  Inf.  In  Meuse-Argonne  action.  Par 
Hans  &  Louise  Halvorson. 

Lawrence  Halvorson  York  Wis.  Fa  Halvor  Halvorson, 
N  Aurdal  (Turtlite). 

Odin  Halvorson  Clay  Banks  Wis  25jul'18.  Par  Ole  Halvor- 
son &  Rangdi  K  Alvstad  both  E  Slidre. 

Adolph  J  Harnre  Granite  Falls  Minn  Ensign  Naval  Re- 
serve. 

Eivind  L  Hamre  Decorah  la  Jun'17  42d  Div.  Oversea  nov 
'17.  Killed  in  action  26jul'18.  Par  Lars  &  Berit  Hamre. 
Born  Valdris. 

Elmer  M  Hamre  Minneapolis  21sep'17-17apr'19  Corpl  Co 
F  346th  Inf.  France.  Mo  Margaret  H  Hamre,  Vang. 

Helge  O  Hamre  Erskine  Minn  Camp  Mills.  Oversea  aug 
'18.  Fa  Ole  J  Hamre,  Vang. 

Lars  Hamre  Decorah  la.  Par  Lars  &  Berit  Hamre.  Born 
Valdris. 

Olaf  L  Hamre  Decorah  la  Jul'17  Camp  Dodge  Mechanic. 
Oversea  Jun'18.  Par  Lars  &  Berit  Hamre.  Born  Val- 
dris. 

Paul  Hamre  Erskine  Minn.    Fa  Ole  J.  Hamre,  Vang. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  241 

Albert  B  Hanse  Stevens  Co  Minn  Artillery.     Fa  Lars  L 

Hanse. 
Carl  Hanson  Minneapolis  Jul'18  58th  Pioneer  Inf.  Camp 

Wadsworth.  Fa  Olaus  Hanson.    Mo  Bertha  Maria  John- 
son (Hedalen,  E  Slidre). 
Casper  Hanson  Minneapolis  May'18  58th  Co  Marines.  Paris 

Island.     Fa  Olaus  Hanson.     Mo  Bertha  Maria  Johnson 

(Hedalen,  E  Slidre). 
Christian  Hanson  Monterey  Minn  22sep'17-12may'19  Co  I 

166th  Inf  42d  Div.    Camps  Dodge,  Cody.     On  4  fronts  in 

France.     Fa  Nils  Hanson  Dane.     Mo  Sophia  I   Dallen, 

Aasebygden  Bagn. 
Karl   B   Hanson   Chicago   Enl'17   Training  East   Lansing. 

Mich.  Veterinarian.  Par  J  C  M  &  Sarah  Hanson  (So'rheim). 
John  T  Hanson  Veblen  S  D  Jan'18-aug'19  Camp  Grant. 

Capt  Inf.  France  sep'18.    Par  Hans  J  Hanson  &  Hannah 

C  Veblen  d  o  Thomas  A  Veblen  &  Kari  Bunde. 
Leonard  C  Hanson  Veblen  S  D  loct'18—  1st  Sergt  S  A  T  C 

Cornell  Univ.    Inf.    Bro  John  T  Hanson. 
Otto   Hanson  Minneapolis  304th   Field  Art  Camp  Upton 

France.     Fa  Olaus  Hanson.     Mo  Bertha  Maria  Johnson 

(Hedalen,  E  Slidre). 
Harry  Harden  Toronto  S  D. 
Floyd  Harmon  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Ingvald  Harris  Soldier  la  Aug'18  Camp  Logan.  Par  Amund 

Harris  &  Gunild  d  o  Ole  &  Ingeborg  Soffebraaten. 
Ole  Harris  Soldier  la  25feb'18  Camp  Dodge.  France  lOmay 

'18.    At  front  3  mo.  Gassed.    Bro  Ingvald  Harris. 
Solomon  Harris  Soldier  la  25jul'18  Camp  Gordon.     France 

12sep'18.     Bro  Ingvald  Harris. 
Arnold  Hasle  Park  River  N  D  19oct'18.     Marines.     Paris 

Island.     France.     Par  Ole  Hasle,  Reinli  £  Siri  Aamot 
Berdick   Haugen   Brookings   S   D  Aviation   service  2  years. 

Fa  E  E  Haugen. 

Bennie  E  Haugen  Dennison  Minn  Camp  Grant. 
Edmend   Haugen   Brookings  S   D   Engrs  Corps  9   m.>   in 

France.    Fa  E  E  Haugen. 


Elmer  G  Haugen  Webster  S  D  Corpl.  Fa  T  E  Haugen  s  o 
Knut  Jorgensen  Lomen. 

Gjermund  Haugen  Decorah  la  Oversea.  Par  Thomas  s  o 
Gjermud  &  Marit  Haugen  &  Emma  Haugen. 

Lauritz  Haugen  Northwoocl  la  20  mo  in  Aviation  service. 
Major.  Fa  Gilbert  N  Haugen.  Mo  Elise  d  o  John  Even- 
son  Beitohaugen  &  Katrine  d  o  Lensmand  Johannes  An- 
derson. 

Ole  E  Hedal  Mercer  N  D  14jun'18  Wagoner  151st  Am  Co 
38th  Div  113th  Sanitary  Train.  N  D  Agr  Coll;  Shelby, 
Miss.  Camp  Mills.  Oversea.  Died  of  influenza.  Par  Nils 
s  o  Erik  &  Marit  Hedahl  E  Slidre  &  Marit  d  o  Sven  & 
Guri  Hedalen. 

Oscar  A  Hedahl  Manfred  N  D  28may'17.    Yeoman  1st  C  U 

5  S  Nebraska.   Par  O  S  Hedahl,  Hegge  &  Ingrid  Jarstad, 
Volbu. 

Sven  O  Hedahl  Manfred  N  D  24jun'18.     Medical  Corps. 

Camp  Lewis.    Par  O  S  Hedahl  &  Ingri  Jarstad. 
Sever  Hedalen  Dahlen  N  D.    Par  Nils  T  Hedalen  E  Slidre, 

6  Kari  Svenson. 

John  Anthony  Heen  Dennison  Minn  24jun'18-jun'19  Camps 
Grant,  Mills.  Oversea  21sep'18.  In  France  5  mo.  Par 
C  J  Heen,  Vang  &  Marit. 

Gunder  Heen  Maynard  Minn.  Par  Gulbrand  Heen  &  In- 
geborg  Hemsing  both  Vang. 

Nels  Heen  Maynard  Minn.    Bro  Gunder  Heen. 

Oscar  Hegg  Osage  la  Died  in  England  on  way  to  France. 
Fa  Even  Hegg,  N  Aurdal. 

Joseph  Hegseth  Dennison  Minn  24jun'18  Camp  Grant 
France  sep'18. 

Ozia  Helgeson  Valders  Wis  26sep'18  Co  A  5th  Anti  Air- 
craft. Camp  Wads  worth.  To  France.  In  Submarine  at- 
tack. Par  Ole  Helgeson,  W.  Slidre  &  Aagot  Mp'rken 
Hegge. 

Jerome  Helsen  Clay  Banks  Wis  Marines.    Par  Aaron  Hel- 

sen,  Swede  &  Martha  Tollefson,  Ulnes. 
Alfred  Hendrikson  Hancock  Minn  25mar'18  — Co  K  307th 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  243 

Inf.     Camp  Lewis.     Killed  in  action  19oct'18.     Par  Jul 

Hendriksen  &  Inger  Aslagson  both  Aurdal. 
Helmer    A    Hendrikson    Hancock    Minn    24feb'18-8jul'19 

Campe  Dodge.    To  France.   Par  A  &  Anna  Hendriksen, 

Aurdal.  - 
Martin  J  Hendrikson  Hancock  Minn  27jun'18-14apr'19  Co 

G  148th  Inf.     Camp  Grant.     To  France.     Par  Jul  Hen- 
driksen &  Inger  Aslagson  both  Aurdal. 
Henry  S  Heskin  Portland  N  D.   Fa  Sven  N  Heskin,  Etne- 

dalen. 
Selmer  Heskin  Hatton  N     D     llmay'18    In    Ammunition 

Branch.    Camps  Fremont,  Lee,  Mills.     Fa  Syver  Heskin 

(Brendehaugen),  Etnedalen. 
Knut  Hill  Worthing  S  D  25jul'18  Co  C  227th  Mach  Gun 

Battn.    Camp  Dodge.    Died  in  France.    Fa  Zacharias  T 

Hill.     (Fodnes,  N  Aurdal). 
Oscar  Hills  Canby  Ore  4jun'17  Corpl     Reg     Army.     Co  I 

76th  Regt.  Camp  Lewis.    Par  Knut  O  Hills  (Bakko),  N 

Aurdal  &  Guro  Bjorn^jpn,  S  Aurdal 
Julia  E  Hippe  Cyrus  Minn  12nov'17-16jun'19  Nurse  U  S  N 

R  F.    Camp  Bremerton,  Wash.    Par  Iver  I  Hippe  &  An- 
ne Eriksd  Onstad  (Bratstigen). 
Edwin  Hoff  Soldier  la  Feb.'18—  Camp  Dodge.   At  front  in 

France  3  mo.    Fa  Erick  s  o  Erik  &  Inger  Hoff,  N  Aurdal. 

Mo  Andrine  Hoff. 
Halbert  Holian  Maynard  Minn  Died  in  France.    Par  K  H 

Holian  &  Ingeborg  d  o  Thos  K  Tasa. 
Kenneth  E  Holian  Maynard  Minn.    Par  Knut  H  Holian  & 

Marie  d  o  Erik  K  Viken  &  Berit  Kattevold. 
Rudolph  Holian  Maynard  Minn  Commissary  Dept,  Great 

Lakes.     Par  Knut  H  Holian  &  Ingeborg  d  o  Thos  K 

Tasa. 

Thomas  Holian  Maynard  Minn.     Bro  Halbert. 
Berner  Holmen  Mayville.  N  D  5sep'18-25feb'19.     Fa  B0re 

Holmen,  Hedemarken.    Mo  Kari  Viste. 
Bernard  Hope  Nerstrand  Minn  Marines  may'18.  Mo  Val- 

dris. 


244  THE    VALDRIS    BOOK         '  , 

Henry  Hougen  Valders  Wis  Smay'18  Co  K  6th  Inf    Camp 

Wadsworth.     France.     Par  Thorvald  Hougen    &    Julia 

Berge.     (Dovre,  Hougen). 
Clarence  Theodore  Hoverson  Valley  City  N  D  '17-sep'19  1st 

Lieut.  Batty  A  10th  F  A.  Ft  Snelling.  Wounded  Chateau 

Thierry.  Dangerously  wounded  in  Argonne  Woods.  Cited 

for  Extraord  Heroism.     Recommend  for  DSC.     Fa  Ed 

Hoverson   (Lerskogen).     Mo  fr  N  Aurdal. 
Henry  Alvin  Hoverson  Ollie  Mont  '17-jan'19  Enl  in  Navy. 

Vol  in  Armed  Guard.     Gunner's  Mate  on  several  ships. 

Prom  Commander  gun  crew  on  transport.  Once  wounded. 

Fa  Ed  Hoverson  (Lerskogen).     Mo  N  Aurdal. 
Thora  Hoverson   Beach  N  D   Red  Cross  Nurse.     Fa  Ed 

Hoverson  (Lerskogen)     Mo  N  Aurdal. 
Andrew  Thompson  Hoverstad  Minneapolis  S  A  T  C  Minn 

Univ.    Par  Prof  Torger  A  Hoverstad  &  Mary  Thompson. 
Thorstein  Hoverstad  Maynard  Minn     Fa  A  T  Hoverstad. 

Mo  Lerohl,  both  Vang. 
Carl  A  Hovey  Manfred  N  D  3oot'17-27apr'19  Co  M  127th 

Inf.    32d  Div.    Camp  Lewis.    France  5jan'18.w  41st  Div. 

Gassed  in  the  Argonne.     Par  Nils  O  Hove,  E  Slidre  & 

Marit  Hoyme  W  Slidre. 
Thomas  Edward  Hovey  Burtrum   Minn  Co  F  344th  Inf. 

France  Jul'18    Died  of  pneumonia  31oct'18.     Fa  Peter  T 

Hovey,  E  Slidre.    Mo  fr  Laerdal.  , 

Christian  Hoyme  Minneapolis  Major.   Active  service  6  mo. 

Captain  Motor  Transport  Corps.     Chateau  Thierry  and 

other  battles.     Fa  Rev  Gjermund  Hoyme. 
Gust  Gulikson  Hoyme  Kintyre  N  D  Twice  severely  wound- 
ed in  France. 
Harold  Hoyme  Minneapolis  Sergt.   Recruting  Officer  Tank 

Service.    Fa  Rev  Gjermund  Hoyme. 
Olaf  P  Hoyme  Edgerton  Minn.    Par  fr  W  Slidre. 
Anton  Huseth  Black  Earth  Wis. 
Elmer  A  Huset  Hatton  N  D  Oct'18  1st  Lieut  Chaplain  Ft 

Snelling.    Fa  Lewis  L  Huset,  Hedalen. 
Henry  Huseth  Black  Earth  Wis. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  245 

John  Huset  Hatton  N  D. 

Lewis  Huset  Hatton  N  D. 

Roy  A  Huseth  Maplegrove  Wis  2apr'17-28mar'19  To 
France.  Par  Erik  E  Huseth,  Skrautvaal  —  Olia  K  Sten- 
seth,  Etnedalen. 

Rudolph  Huseth  Dallas  Wis. 

Lewis  Irgens  Farwell  Minn  4sep'18-7dec'18  Limited  Serv- 
ice Camp  Grant.  Par  Ole  &  Oline  (Skogen)  Irgens. 

Martin  Irgens  Farwell  Minn  Jan'18  In  Canadian  Army,  to 
England  46th  Battn  Canadian  Army.  France  aug'18.  Ac- 
tive service  till  armistice.  Par  Ole  &  Oline  (Skogen)  Ir- 
gens. 

Victor  Irgens  Farwell  Minn  Apr'17  Co  I  135  Inf.  Camp 
Cody.  Officers  Training  School.  2d  Lieut  Co  H  136th 
Inf.  France  and  Army  of  Occupation.  Par  Ole  &  Oline 
(Skogen)  Irgens. 

Delos  Isaacs  Sioux  City  la  jun'17  Sergt.  Amb  Corps.  Camp 
Cody.  France.  Par  J  C  Isaacs  (Kampen),  N  Aurdal,  & 
Julia  Nappen  Telemark. 

Reuben  E  Isaacs  Hartley  la  May'18-jan'19  Fa  John 
Isaacs,  Svenes  (Kampen). 

Vernon  V  Isaacs  Forest  City  Apr'18  Med  Corps.  Ft  Des 
Moines.  Died  6nov'18.  Fa  John  Isaacs  Svenes  (Kam- 
pen). 

Carl  Iverson  Osage  la.  lsep'18-dec'19.  S  A  T  C.  Par  Gil- 
bert Iverson,  Hedalen  &  Ragnild  Enger,  Begndalen. 

Elmer  O  Iverson  Altamorfnt  S  D  ljul'18  2d  Lieut  Camps 
Funston,  Joseph  E  Johdston.  Par  Ole  s  o  John  Dahl  & 
Mary  d  o  Iver  Tostenson  Hagen  both  Slidre. 

Oliver  G  Iverson  Osage,  la.  25may'18-9jan'19.  Camp  Dodge. 
Bro  Carl  Iverson. 

Peter  F  Iverson  Osage  la.  18sep'17-27aug'19.  France.  Aisne, 
Marne,  Vesle,  St.  Mihiel  &  Meuse-Argonne  fronts.  Bro 
Carl  Iverson. 

Philip  Iverson  Harrisburg  S  D. 

Arthur  Jackson  Red  Lake  Falls  Minn  15sep'18  H  Q  Co  2d 


246  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Inf.  Camp   Dodge.     Par  Knut  C  Jackson,  N  Aurdal  & 

Maria  Egge,  W.  Slidre,  (Cliffgaard,  Egge). 
James  J  Jackson  Red  Lake  Falls  Minn  23feb'18  Co  B  33d 

Engrs.     Camp  Dodge.     France.     Par  Knut  C  Jackson  & 

Maria  Egge. 
O  S  Jacobs  Hudson  Wis  19jun'17  Inf.  Camp  Llano  Grande. 

Par  A  O  Jacobs  &  Anna  Braaten  both  Aurdal   (B0rse- 

lien). 

Herman  Jacobson  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Jacob  Jacobson  Ryder  N  D. 
Noris  Jacobson  Nekoma  N  D. 
Stanley  Jacobson  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Joseph  Jarstad  Goodhue  Co  Minn. 
Loyd  Jeglum  Estherville  la.     Fa  C  L  Jeglum.     Grfa  A  O 

Myhre. 
Henry  Jensvold  Duluth  Minn  lsep'18-jan!9Corpl  S  A  T  C 

Minn  U.  Par  John  &  Lena  Jensvold.  Grandpar  Valdris  & 

Land. 
John   D  Jensvold   Duluth   Minn  27aug'17-12feb'19   1st   Lt 

339th    Field   Art.      Ft   Snelling,   Camp    Dodge,    Ft   Sill. 

France.  22aug'18.     Par  John  &  Lena  Jensvold. 
Roy  Jensvold  Fenton  la. 
Walter  Jensvold  Fenton  la. 
Jens  Peter  Jensen  Bryant  S  D  28aug'18-25jan'19  Co  C  30th 

Mach  Gun  Battn  10th  Div.  Camp  Funston.    Fa  P  Jensen 

Dane.    Mo  is  Grandd  of  Oie  Do'nhaug. 
Geo  C  Jevne  Decorah  la  26may'18-  352d  Inf.     88th  Div. 

Camp  Dodge.    France.    Fa  G  Gullikson,  Vang. 
Elmer  Johnson  Sioux  City  la  Srgt  Q  M  Corps.     France. 

Par  Albert  Johnson,  Swede  &  Ingrid  (Gausaak),  N  Aur. 

dal. 
Gilbert  Johnson   Grand   Forks   N   D   7sep'17-14jan'19   5th 

Battn  Central  Div.    Camp  Dodge,  Ft  Robinson,  R  I  Ar- 
senal, Camp  Funston.     Fa  Jorgen  J  Johnsrud,  Hedalen. 

Born  Hedalen. 
Glenn  M  Johnson  Soldier  la  Jul'17 —  Srgt.   Camp  Newport 

News.    Par  John  C  &  Sarah  Johnson,  N  Aurdal. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  247 

Gustav  Johnson   Stanley  Wis   lapr',18  Spply  Co  3d  U  S 

Inf.    Fa  Knut  Johnson,  W  Slidre. 
Henry  O  Johnson  Stanwood  Wash  Spring  '18-dec'18  Spruce 

Camp  Melbourne  Wash.     Par  Knut  Johnson  Ulven,  W 

Slidra  &  Ragnild  d  o  Gulbrand  Kvale,  W  Slidre. 
John  C  Johnson  Stanley  Wis  Spring'17  —Co  C  120th  Mach 

Gun  Battn  32d  Div.    Oversea  feb'18.    In  many  battles. 

Fa  Knut  Johnson,  W  Slidre. 

Leonard  M  Johnson  Marion  Ind.     Fa  B  M  Johnson. 
Noble  J  Johnson  Newman  Grove  Nebr  17may'18-12aug'19 

Srgt  Co  B  2d  Engrs  2d  Div.   Camp  Baker.  France  lOsep 

'18.    In  7  battles.     Par  Ole  Johnson  Haugen,  Svenes  & 

Carrie  fr  Tromsoe. 
Oscar  Johnson  Dallas  Wis. 
Oswald  Johnson  Osage  la. 
Sam  S  Johnson  Newman  Grove  Nebr  29aug'18-20jun'19  Co 

H  41st  Inf  10th  Div.    Camp  Funston.    Par  Ole  Johnson 

Haugen  &  Carrie. 
Silas  Johnson  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Vogle  C  Johnson  Soldier  la  Jun'18 —  1st  Lieut  Aviation 

Kelly  Field  Tex.     Par  John  C  &  Sarah  Johnson,  N  Aur- 

dal. 
Edward  Simon  Johnsrud  Montevideo  Minn  19sep'17 —  14th 

Engrs.     Camp  Dodge.     Died  in  England  12oct'18.     Par 

Thorsten  s  o  John  K  Johnsrud,  E  Slidre  &  Elise  Chris- 

tensen,  Trondhjem.- 
Elmer  Johnsrud  Montevideo  Minn.     Par  Ole  s  o  John  K 

Johnsrud  &  Carrie  Huseby. 
Hjalmar  Johnsrud  Montevideo  Minn.     Par  Thorsten  s  o 

John  K  Johnsrud  &  Elise  Christensen. 
Frank  Jome  Forestville  Wis.     Par  Knut  Jonie,  Skrautvaal 

&  Karen  Riis  Gjerpen. 

Hiram  Jome   Forestville  Wis   5may'18—  Dunwody,   Har- 
vard, Transports.     Radio  Signal  Corps.     Oversea.     Par 

Knut  Jome  &  Karen  Riis. 
Clarence  J  Jonsrud  Mantiowac  Wis. 
Sanford  Jorgens   Grand   Meadow   Minn   24feb'18 —  Co   E 


248  THE   VAL.DRIS   BOOK 

132d  Inf.  33d  Div.   Camp  Logan.   Oversea  17may'18.    In 

Meuse-Argonne  Off,  Verdun  Sector.    Fa  fr  Aurdal.    Mo 

fr  Ringerike 
George  Jorgenson  Jr  Door  Co  Wis.     Par  Joger  s  o  Enge- 

bret  &  Marit  (Platen)  Skrautvaal  &  Bertha  Paarruan. 
Osten  Jorgenson  Door  Co  Wis  Short  service.     Par  Joger 

Jorgenson  tS;  Bertha  Paarman. 
George  Julson  Mondovi  Wis  21sep'17-aug'19  Camps  Grant, 

Stewart,  Newport  News.     Transportation  of  Horses  to 

France.    Par  Jul  &  Gjertrud  Bjorgo,  N  Aurdal. 
Herman  Karlsgodt  Jr  Minneapolis  17may'18    Corpl  Co  B 

61st  Engrs  Ft  Benj  Harrison.  To  France.   Par  Herman  s 

o  Ole  &  Marit  Karlsgodt  &  Anne  d-o  Syver  &  Thora  H01- 

ersasteren,  Bagn. 
Albert  J  Kasa  Dennison  Minn  26jul'18-'19  54th  Pioneer  Inf. 

Camp  Wadsworth.   Oversea  26aug'18.  Par  Helge  E  Kasa 

&  Ingri  Oldre,  Vang. 
JJelmer  I  Kasa  Dennison  Minn  26jul'18 —  54  Pioneer  Inf. 

France  and  Germany.     Par  Iver  H  Kasa  &  Dina  Hansd 

(Holien). 
Oscar  H  Kasa  Dennison  Minn  15jun'18-21jan'19  Co  A  73d 

Engrs.  Minn  U,  Washington  Barracks,  Camp  Dodge.  Par 

Helge  Kasa  &  Ingri  Oldre. 
Lars  Sigurd  Kildahl  St  Paul  Minn  Oct'18-feb'19  Seaman. 

Great  Lakes  Officers  Material  School.   Par  Rev  J  N  Kil- 
dahl &  d  o  Lars  Soine,  Vang. 
Thorvald  Kjensrud  Portland  N  D.     Fa  Erik  T  Kjensrud, 

Hedalen.     Mo  fr  Begndalen. 
H  O  Kjome  Thief  River  Falls  Minn  Sep'17—  R  O  T  C  Ft 

Snelling. 
Torsten    H    Kjorlien    Bawlf   Alta    Canada   7feb'18—   50th 

Battn.  England  lmay'18.  France  aug'18.  Battles  Camry  & 

Valenciennes.   Par  Halvor  Knudsen  &  Ingeborg  Kjorlien. 
Gilbert  Kjos  Sioux  City  la  May'19  Machine  Corps.    Camp 

Fremont.    Par  Martin  Kj0s  &  Annie  O  Holien,  Vang. 
Herbert  I  Klemesrud  Meroa  la  19jun'18—  Chaffeur  115th 

Supply  Train.    Camps  Lewis,  Kearny.    France.  Argonne, 


VALDRISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  249 

Metz  drives.    Par  Harald    K    Klemesrud    &    Ingeborg 
Maakestad. 

Carl  Kleven  Aneta  N  D  Camp  Custer  6  mo.  Par  Ole  An- 
derson Kleven,  Aurdal  &  Ingeborg  Smaland  Etnedalen. 

Ole  Kleven  Spring  Valley  Wis  Jul'18—  Camp  Custer.  Died 
at  camp.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Ole  &  Anne  Kleven,  W  Slidre.  Mo 
Toneta  fr  Etnedalen. 

Axel  Knudson  Portland  N  D   Fa  K  S  Knudson.  Reinli. 

Ingvald  Knudson  Benson  Minn  France.  Mo  Dorte  Gul- 
brandson,  N  Aurdal. 

Louis  M  Knudson  Valders  Wis. 

Norman  E  Knudson  New  York  City  22aug'17-apr'19  Medi- 
cal Corps.  Oversea  to  France.  Par  C  A  Knudson  &  H 
Caroline  Hanson  Grpar  Valdrises. 

Raymond  O  Knudson  Milwaukee  Wis  7may'17-may'19. 
107th  Engrs  32d  Div.  Camps  Douglass,  McArthur.  Over- 
sea to  Frnace.  Survivor  of  Tuscania.  Par  C  A  Knudson 
&  H  Caroline  Hanson. 

Chris  Knutson  Brandt  S  D  Corpl  Engrs. 

Cornelius  Knutson  Auburndale  Wis. 

Earl  Knutson  Soldier  la  Jul'17 —  Seaman,  Great  Lakes. 
Oversea.  Par  Knut  &  Ella  Knutson,  both  N  Aurdal. 

Gustav  Knutson  Sacred  Heart  Minn  28aug'18 —  Co  D  1st 
Inf.  Camp  Lewis.  Par  Hans  M  Knutson  (Skogstad)  & 
Guri  Svean. 

John  E  Knudson  Hatton  N  D  29apr'18-may'19  Camp 
Travis.  France  18jun'18.  In  3  drives,  once  gassed.  Par 
Engebret  Knutson  &  Sigri,  both  W  Slidre  (Landsrud). 

Julius  C  Knutson  Auburndale  Wis  Camp  Grant.  Police  duty 
in  Germany.  Par  Karl  Knutson  &  Marit  Rudie. 

Karenus  Knutson   Grancf  Meadow   Minn. 

Lewis  Knutson  Hatton  N  D  Jul'18 —  Hospital  Corps.  Camp 
Custer.  Oversea  Aug'18.  Par  Iver  &  Elisebet  Knutson, 
Aurdal  (Gr^ndal). 

Olaf  Knutson  Hatton  N  D  23sep'17--  Infantry.  Camp 
Dodge.  Killed  in  Action  in  France  28sep'18.  Par  Iver  & 
Elisebet  Knutson. 


250  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Sever  H  Knutson  Brandt  S  D  Died  in  camp.  Par  Halvor 
Knutson  &  Kari,  N  Aurdal  (Blanke,  Bakke). 

Theodore  Knutson  Auburndale  Wis  Camp  Grant.  Oversea. 
Par  Johannes  Knutson  Kalstad  £  Ingri  Svensen. 

Elmer  Kobbervig  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Henry  Kobbervig  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Henry  Kolstad  Forestville  Wis  called,  no  service.  Par 
Knut  &  Rangdi  Kolstad. 

Joseph  J  Kalstad  Goodhue  Co  Minn  France. 

Nordan  Kolstad  Montevideo  Minn  24feb'18-10jun'19  45th 
Co  20th  Engrs  82d  Div.  Camp  Dodge.  Gassed  in  France. 
Par  Nils  s  o  Tosten  Kolstad  &  Marit  Klokkergaarden  & 
Maria  Torgerson  both  W  Slidre. 

Ole  Kolstad  Forestville  Wis  25jul'18—  Camp  Taylor.  Par 
Knut  &  Ragndi  Kolstad,  E  Slidre. 

Victor  Kolstad  Forestville  Wis  25jul'18 —  Camp  Taylor. 
Par  Knut  &  Rangdi  C  Kolstad  both  E  Slidre  (Myren). 

Clarence  Kompelien  Blue  Mounds  Wis. 

Selmer  Kompelien  Blue  Mounds  Wis. 

Syver  Kompelien  Pinecreek  Minn.  Fa  Knut  Kompelien 
Etnedalen. 

Edwin  Korstad  Trosky  Minn  25apr'17—  Co  B  18th  Inf  1st 
Div.  Camp  Daglas.  Wonuded  at  Soisson  20jul'18.  Killed 
near  Exemont  7oct'18.  Fa  Lars  s  o  Even  Larsen  Kros- 
haug  &  Rangdi  Madsd  Aastad.  Mo  d  o  Ole  K  Roble,  E 
Slidre  &  Jorand  d  o  Sven  O  Ode  &  Anne  E  Vik. 

Otis  Korstad  Valders  Wis. 

Carl  Kringle  Webster  Wis  14may'18 —  Air  Service.  Camp 
East  Lansing,  Mich.  Oversea  7aug'18.  Par  Nils  A  Krin- 
gle &  Olia  Brenden. 

Robert  G  Kringle  Maple  Grove  Wis  Sep'17-15jun'19  129th 
Inf.  33d  Div.  Camp  Logan.  Oversea  France.  Par  Gabriel 
A  Kringle,  Etnedalen  &  Barbro  E  Herset,  Skrutvold. 

Clarence  Kringle  Portland  N  D  Oversea  Par  Simon  Knut- 
son Kringlie,  Etnedalen  &  .  .  .,  Heskin. 

Marcus  Kringlie  Portland  N  D.  Par  Mr  &  Mrs  Simon 
Kringlie. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  251 

Alfred  Joseph  Kvale  Benson  Minn  Jun'18  — Musician  17th 

Regt  Band  Great  Lakes.  On  U  S  S  Manchuria  from  Nov 

'18.    Fa  Rev  O  J  Kvale  s  o  Juul  T  Kvale  &  Gro  Egge.  Mo 

Ida  Tonette  d  o  Thrond  Simley  &  Gertrude  Lindelien. 
Gilbert  O  Kvale  Decorah  la  15apr'18-21may'19  Co  C  307th 

Engrs.    Jeff  Barracks,  Camp  Merritt.  France  jun'18.  Toul, 

Marbache,  St  Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne.     Fa  Ole  s  o  Gu- 

brand  &  Guri  Kvale,  W  Slidre.    Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Sven  & 

Guri  Dale,  E  Slidre. 
Paul  Johan  Kvale  Benson  Minn  Sep'17  Srgt  Co  D  333d 

Mach  Gun  Battn  16th  Div.  Camp  Grant.  Oversea  aug'18. 

in  France  1  year.    Par  Rev  O  J  &  Ida  Kvale. 
Theodore  Kvale  Decorah  la  18sep'17-25jan'19  Corpl  253d 

Aero  Squadron.    Par  Ole  G  &  Ragnild  Kvale. 
Halbert  Kvall    Grand     Meadow     Minn    25may'18-31jul'19 

Camp  Kearny.  Oversea  22nug'18.  Fa  Sever  Kvall,  S  Aur- 

dal. 
Bennie  Lajord  Elbow  Lake  Minn  Oversea.    In  action  in 

France. 
Alf  Idian   Landmark  Sisseton  S  D  21sep'17  Co   B   114th 

Mach  Gun  Battn.    Camp  Funston.    France.    On  fighting 

line  4  mo.  Par  Ingvald  Landmark  &  Inga  Hensrud,  both 

N  Aurdal. 
Gustav  Thorbjorn  Landmark  Sisseton  S  D  24jun'18  Co  L 

350th  Inf.  88th  Div.    Camps  Funston,  Dodge.    France. 

Par  Ingvald  &  Inga  Landmark. 
Even   Landsrud  Decorah   la  Spring'17 —  1st  la    Cavalry. 

Wounded  in  France  oct'18.    Died  of  pneumonia  17oct'18. 

Par  K  E  &  Carrie  Landsrud. 
W  O   Landsrud  Dagmar  Mont  6dec'17-21dec'18  Chauffer 

187th  Aair  Squadron.     England  6  mo.      Par  Torger  E 

Landsrud  &  Ambjor  R0vang,  both  Slidre. 
Albert  M  Lane  Decorah  la  20jun'18—  Great  Lakes.    Died 

4oct'18.    Par  Andrew  Lane  &  Mary  d  o  Ole  &  Ida  Bye. 
Roy  Lane  Dacorah  la   llmar'18 —  Coast  Art.     Camp   Ft 

Moultrie.    Oversea  jul'18.    Par  Andrew  &  Marie  (Bye) 

Lane. 


252  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Henry  Langen  Maynard  Minn  Music  Corps  Great  Lakes 
France.  Par  Anders  Langen>  Trondhjem  &  Marit  d  o 
Johs  Torstad  &  Ambj^r  Lerohl. 

Martin  Langen  Maynard  Minn  In  Aviation  camp  in  Eng- 
land. Par  Anders  &  Marit  Langen. 

Christ  Larson  Black  Earth  Wis. 

George  P  Larsen  Becker  Minn. 

George  W  Larson  Forestville  Wis  Camp  Dodge.  Died  in 
Camp  oct'17.  Par  Martin  Larson  &  Sophie  d  o  G  J  An- 
derson. 

Guy  Larson  Forestville  Wis  25jul'18-28feb'19  Batty  D 
325th  Field  Art  84  Div.  Camp  Taylor.  West  Point,  Ky. 
France.  Par  H  A  Larson  Ssebo^degaarden  &  Marit  d  o 
G  J  Anderson. 

Henry  I  Larson  Toronto  S  D  27jun'18-10mar'19  Co  F  20th 
Regt.  Camp  Funston.  Par  Halvor  Larson  Bruflat  &  In- 
ger  Mathia  Eriksd  Bruflat. 

Albert  Lee  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Amos  Lee  Soldier  la  Aug'18 —  Marines.  France  nov'18.  Par 
Mikkel  s  o  Knut  M  &  Kari  Lee  &  Lena. 

Clarence  A  Lee  Pencer  Minn  Sergt.    Fa  John  Lee. 

Clifford  Lee  Morris  Minn  Officer  in  France. 

Elmer  Lee  Moorhead  la  Aug'18 —  Trained  for  Mechani- 
cian Ames  la.  Par  Erick  &  Bertha  Lee,  N  Aurdal. 

Hannah  Alice  Lee  Lennox  S  D  Army  Nurse  Corps.  Camp 
Logan.  Oversea.  Par  Ole  A  Lee,  N  Aurdal  &  Andrine. 

Lewis  Lee  Oldham  S  D. 

Oliver  Lee  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Orren  Lee  Soldier  la  Aug'18  — Marines  France  nov'18.  Par 
Mikkel  s  o  Knut  M  &  Kari  Lee,  N  Aurdal  &  Lena. 

William  Lee  Soldier  la  Aug'18 —  Camp  Logan.  Par  Mar- 
tin &  Kari  Lee,  N  Aurdal. 

Helmer  Leffengren  Rowe  S  D. 

Andrew  O  Lerol  Hatton  N  D  24jun'18—  Provost  Guard. 
Camp  Cody.  Par  O  F  Lerol  &  Bergit. 

Milton  Lewis  Blanchardville  Wis  29may'18-21jun'19  Mach 
Gun  Co  54th  Inf.  Camp  Wadsworth.  France,  Fa  Ed- 


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ward  Lewis  Garthushaugen  Grfa  Lars  Halstenson  Kris- 
tiansmoen. 

Carl  Lien  Salol  Minn. 

Edd  Melvin  Lien  Salol  Minn.     Fa  Knut  Lien. 

Elmer  Lien  Salol  Minn. 

Elmer  Herman  Lien  Decorah  la  18sep'17-5apr'19  M  G  Co 
58th  Inf.  4th  Div.  Camp  Dodge.  Wounded  Chateau 
Thierry  6aug'18.  Par  Christopher  G  &  Christine  (Jevne) 
Lien.  Vang. 

Gullik  Lien  Calmar  la  Called  but  no  service.  Par  Chris- 
topher G  Lien  &  Christine  Jevne. 

Nels  T  Lien  Salol  Minn.     Fa  Knut  Lien. 

Nils  Lien  Red  Wing  Minn  Home  Guards.    Fa  Carl  N  Lien. 

Olaus  Mikkelson  Lien  Hancock  Minn  Mechanician  Gun 
Co.  France.  Slightly  wounded.  Mo  Anna  O  Heskin. 

Alfred  Lindelien  Grand  Meadow  Minn  18sep'17-17jun'19 
Band  Corpl  H  Q  Co  313  Engs.  Camp  Dodge.  France  16 
aug'18.  Center  Sector,  Alsace.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Amund  J  Lin- 
delien, S  Aurdal. 

Eugene  Lindelien  Grand  Meadow  Minn  lloct'18 —  Ft 
Snelling  S  A  T  C.  Fa  Ole  G  Lindelien. 

Arthur  Lockrem  Northfield  Minn. 

Fred  Lockrem  Northfield  Minn 

Nels  Lockrem  Cannon  Falls  Minn  16jul'17 —  M  G  Co  144th 
Inf  36th  Div.  Camp  Cody.  Oversea.  Fa  Lars  s  p  Chris- 
toffer  Lockrem  &  Berit  Hoverstad.  Mo  Gertrude  d  o 
Nils  Dalbotten,  Sogn. 

Frithjof  Loe  Minneapolis  14aug'18 —  Top  Srgt  Inf.  Jeffer- 
son Barracks.  France.  Par  Syver  Loe,  N  Aurdal  &  Berit 
O  Kvale,  Vang.  Grpar  fr  Rustebakke,  S  Aurdal. 

Raymond  Hubert  Loe  Madison  Wis  Jul'18  —Co  B  214th 
Engrs.  Camp  Forrest.  Died  in -camp  15oct'18.  Fa  H  E 
Loe,  N  Aurdal. 

Clarence  Lokke  Grand  Meadow  Minn  Corpl. 

Gilbert  Lokke  Menomonie  Mich  15may'17 —  2d  Lieut  Inf. 
'Ft  Sheridan.  France,  Depot  Division.  Fa  T  H  Lokke, 
Aadalen. 


254  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Alfred  J  Lomen  Nome  Alaska  Oct'18  Ft  Davis,  Camp  Lew- 
is. Fa  Gudbrand  s  o  J0rgen  &  Elisabeth  (Brandt)  Lo- 
men, Slidre.  Mo  Julia  E  M  Joys,  Kristiania. 

Ernest  Lomen  Baudette  Minn  18dec'17 —  Jefferson  Bar- 
racks, O  T  C,  Camp  Gordon.  Lieut  Nov'18.  Fa  Jorgen  s  o 
Jjzfrgen  &  Elisabeth  (Brandt)  Lomen.  Mo  Augusta 
Erickson. 

Ralph  Lomen  Nome  Alaska  Oct'18  Ft  Davis,  Camp  Lewis. 
Par  Gudbrand  J  &  Julia  Lomen. 

Dr  A  P  Lommen  Lanesboro  Minn  5nov'18 —  Capt  Med 
Corps.  Camp  Shelby  Miss. 

Edward  H  Lovhaug  Montevideo  Minn  25may'18-7may'19 
Casual  Detacht  388  163d  D  B.  Camp  Lewis.  France.  Fa 
Erik  s  o  Erik  Lovhaug  &  Ingeborg  Olsd.  Mo  Ingeborg 
Halstensd. 

John  O  Lovhaug  Montevideo  Minn  9sepl7-17nov'19  Co  B 
135th  Inf.  France  ljul'18.  Wounded  St  Mihiel  2sep'18. 
Par  E  E  &  Ingeborg  Lovhaug. 

Alfred  Lucken  Portland  N  D. 

John  Luder  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Geo  Lukken  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Elmer  Lunda  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Erik  Lunda  Glencoe  Minn  llsep'18-'19  U  S  Marines.  Mare 
Island.  To  Hawaii,  P  I,  Borneo,  etc.  Par  Anton  &  Marit 
Bratrud.  Grpar  Mikkel  &  Marit  Braaten ;  Erik  &  Anne 
Lunde.  All  Bagn. 

Joseph  Lunda  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Melvin  Lunda  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Sigurd  A  Lunda  Glencoe  Minn  24jun'18—  306th  Inf  77th 
Div.  Camp  Kearny.  France.  Meuse  Argonne  battles. 
Bro  Erik  Lnuda. 

James  Lunde  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Gabriel  Lunde  Warwick  N  D  24may'18-20jun'19  Oversea 
24aug'18.  At  four  fronts.  Last  9th  Army  Corps.  Fa  Nils 
s  o  Mikkel  &  Olia  Olsenpladsen  Bagn  Mo  Gunild  d  o 
Syver  &  Ingeborg  Hellansh^len  Bagn. 

Adolph  Lybeck  Grand  Meadow  Minn. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  255 

James   Lynch   Great  Falls   Mont  4sep'17 —  France  dec'17 

Killed  in  action  23jul'18.     Par  Dennis  Lynch  Canada  & 

Ingeborg  Viste. 
Chester  Lysen     Hancock     Minn     19sep'18-may'19     Camp 

Dodge.  Was  in  Argonne  Wood,  there  surrounded  6  days. 

Par  Peder  O  Lysen  &  Marit  K  Hovrud,  Aurdal. 
Malvin    Lysen    Hancock   Minn   Served   till   Aug'19   Camp 

Wadsworth.     France.     Par  Peder  O  Lysen  &  Marit    K 

Hovrud. 
Harold  Lysne  Northfield  Minn  12may'17-18apr'19  Marines. 

Camps  Mare  Island,  Quantico.  78th  Co  6th  Regt  2d  Div. 

Verdun     Sector,     Belleau     Wood.     Par  Mr  and  Mrs  J  O 

Lysne.    Mo  fr  Vang. 
Dr  Henry  Lysne  Minneapolis  Minn  1st  Lieut  Med  Corps 

Ft  Riley.     Par  Mr  and  Mrs  J  O  Lysne. 
John  Theodore     Maakestad     Osage     la     22feb'18-26may'19. 

325th  Inf  82d  Div.     Camp  Gordon.     Oversea.     Par  S  J 

Maakestad  &  Antonetta  Docken  d  o  Tidemand  &  Gun- 

hild,  Hedalen. 
Oscar  Magistad  Door  Co  Wis  Training  Madison  Wis.  Par 

Gulbrand  O  Magistad  &  Maria  Hove  E  Slidre. 
Vernon  Martin  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Romaine  Martinson  Estherville  la  Grandnephew  of  A  O 

Myhre. 

Emil  Matson  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Carl  H  Meyrick  Decorah  la  29may'18-  2nd  Lieut  F  A.  Camp 

Taylor,  Ft.  Sheridan.     Fa  W  C  Meyrick.     Mo  Christine 

Halvorson   (Groven)  d  o  Guro  Christopherson  Bj^rhus. 
Harold  A  Meyrick  Decorah  la  29may'18  Ft  Sheridan,  SAT 

C  la  Univ.   Par  W  C  &  Christine  Halvorson  Meyrick. 
Carl  Johan  Michelson  Black  Earth  Wis  Jul'17—  Srgt  128th 

Inf.  32d  Div.  Camps  Grant,  Douglas,  Waco.   Oversea  jan 

'18.   Chateau  Thierry,   Soissons,  Juvigny,  Argonne.     Over 

top  15  times.     Wounded.     Fa  A  A  Michelson.      Grpar 

Arne  &  Kari  Vasfaret,  S,  Aurdal. 
Clarence  Arthur  Mickelson  Black  Earth  Wis  30mar'l&— 


256  THE  VALDRIS    BOOK 

Suppy  Co  353d  Inf  89th  Div.  Killed  in  action  Snov'18.  Fa 
Ever  A  Mickelson. 

Herman  Mickelson  Black  Earth  Wis  24jul'18—  Co  I  lllth 
Inf  28th  Div.  Several  times  at  front.  Killed  23oct'18  in  ac- 
tion. Par  fr  Gladhaug  &  Viken,  S  Aurdal. 

Alfred  Mikkelson  Forestville  Wis.  Par  Henrik  Mikkelson, 
Ulnes  &  Marit  Eliason,  Skrautvall. 

Elmer  Mikkelson  Ross  Minn  (Hedalen). 

Henry  Mikkelson  Forestville  Wis  25jul'18  — Camp  Taylor. 
Par  Henrik  Mikkelson  &  Marit  Eliason. 

Guy  Enoch  Moe  Decorah  la  13apr'17 —  Corpl  Co  E  168th 
Inf.  Camp  Dodge.  Killed  in  action  in  France  31jul'18. 
Went  over  the  top  16  times.  Fa  Ole  G  Moe,  Slidre.  Grpar 
Thor  &  Maria  Hove. 

Tony  Garfield  Moe  Decorah  la  19sep'17  — Camp  Dodge 
Truck  Driver  in  France.  Bro  Guy  E  Moe. 

Oscar  J  Moen  Jasper  Minn  27jun'18-lljun'19  Bugler  Co  L 
349  Inf  88th  Div.  Camps  Funston,  Dodge.  France  9aug 
'18.  To  front  26oct'18.  Fa  Gulick  Moen.  Mo  Mary  d  o 
Ole  &  Kjersti  Quissel. 

Uldrik  Moen  Shawnee  N  D  29mar'18 —  Camps  Dodge 
Mills.  139th  Inf  35th  Div.  Fell  in  battle  27sep'18.  Par  An- 
drew U  Moe,  N  Aurdal  &  Karoline  fr  Hedemarken. 

Hans  Moen  Klevenville  Wis. 

Sigvart  M  Mohn  Northfield  Minn  Jefferson  Barracks.  Over- 
sea. Par  Prof  Th  N  Mohn  &  Anna  E  Ringstad. 

Olaf  Mork  Hancock  Minn  Marines.  Par  Ole  Mork  & 
Anna  Mikkelson  Lien,  N  Aurdal. 

Albert  Myhre  Grand  Meadow  Minn  22oct'18 —  Engineers. 
Camp  Forrest.  Par  Nels  E  Myhre,  N  Aurdal  &  Kari,  S 
Aurdal. 

Alfred  E  Myhre  Grand  Meadow  Minn  2may'18  —Corpl  53d 
Inf  6th  Div  Reg.  Camp  Wadsworth.  France.  Par  An- 
drew Myhre,  N  Aurdal  &  Julia  Halvorson. 

Archer  Arden  Myhre  Estherville  la  21jul'18-6mar'19  Co  F 
161st  Inf  41st  Div.  Camp  Pike.  France.  Fa  Oliver  s  o 
Oliver  I  Myhre,  Vang  &  Gunil  Maria  Solberg. 


VALDRISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  .  257 

Elton  Raymond  Myhre  St  Louis  Mo  Nov'17-may'19  Elec- 
trician. Wireless  operator  U  S  Navy.  Trained  Harvard 
Univ.  France.  Torpedoed  aboard  U  S  S  Mt  Vernon.  Fa 
Olaus  G  Myhre.  Mo  Maud  Gait,  Skien.  Grfa  A  O 
Myhre. 

Nels  Myhre  Minneota  Minn  25jun'18-20jan'19  Chem  War- 
fare Service,  Astoria,  Long  Island.  Fa  Thrond  Nilsen 
Myhre,  Vang. 

Sandy  Myhre  Luverne  Minn  24jun'18 — 

Arthur  L  Myrland  Madison  Wis  19feb'16—  Sen  Lieut.  U 
S  Navy.  Philippines,  Asiatic  Waters,  China.  Par  A  J 
Myrland  &  Lina  Anderson,  S  Aurdal. 

Otto  E  Myrland  Madison  Wis  Jun'16-mar'19  2d  Lieut. 
Mexican  Border,  O  T  C  Camp  Dodge.  Par  A  J  Myr- 
land &  Lina  Anderson,  S  Aurdal. 

Ole  Andrew  Navrud  Soldier  la  14jul'18 —  Camp  Moose- 
heart  111.  Par  Sven  Navrud  s  o  Ole  &  Anna  Navrud  & 
Sophia  both  Reinli. 

Ernest  Raymond  Nefstad  Oral  S  D  Co  L  451st  Inf.  France. 

Died  of  influenza.   Par  E  E  Nefstad  &  Carrie,  Telernar- 

ken. 
Alfred  Nelson  Madison  Minn  Oct'18  Motor  Truck  Corps. 

Par  Syver  Nelson  Aaberg  &  Astrid  Engebretsd. 
Bennie  Nelson  Adams  Minn  Oversea. 
Chester  Nelson  Toronto  S  D. 

George  Nelson  Adams  Minn  Oversea.    Lost  foot  in  action. 
Gilbert  Nelson  Harlem  Mont  Oct'18-dec'19  Corpl  Inf.  Camp 

Angel  Islands'  To  Siberia.   Par  Ole  Nelson  &  Mary  d  o 

Halvor  &  Ingeborg  Lee,  Reinli. 
Joseph  S  Nelson  Madison  Minn  Sapr'18 —  Batty  A  Fit-Id 

Art.    Univ  Cincinnati,  Camp  Jackson.  France.  Par  Syver 

Nelson  Aaberg  &  Astrid  Engebretsd. 
Norman  G  Nelson  Wittenberg  Wis  17may'17-augl9  Great 

Lakes.  5  trips  over  ocean.  Transport  Service.   Par  Ole  O 

Nelson  (Strande)  Volbu  &  d  o  Gulbrand  O  Kj^5k  &  Mar- 
it  Knutsd  Kvale. 


258  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Norval  Nelson  Dallas  Wis  7sep'17-16may'19  132  Inf  Camp 

Grant  France. 
Ole  H  Nelson  Dallas  Wis  23jul'17-18feb'19  Camp  Grant. 

Par  Hans  Nelson,  Etnedalen  &  Sigri  Rud,  Bagn. 
Oliver  A  Nelson  Sioux  Falls  S  D  15jul'17-jul'19  Co  G  127 

Mach  Gun  Battn.     Camp  Cody.     France.     Par  Albert  & 

Bertha  Nelson.    (R0vang). 
Oscar  Nelson  Toronto  S  D. 
Raymond  Nelson  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Samuel  R  Nelson   Madison  Minn  23jul'18—  H  Q   Co  3d 

Pioneer   Inf.    Camp   Wadsworth.      France.     Par    Syver 

Nelson  Aaberg  &  Astrid  Engebretsd. 
Selmer  Nelson  Midland  S  D. 
Charlie  H  Ness  Sioux  City  la  28sep'17 —  Ambulance  Corps. 

Camp  Cody.     France.     Par  Tom  Ness,  Numedal  &  Mari 

Ulness,  N  Aurdal. 
Theo  Neste  Darrington  Wash   lsep'17-13jun'19  Corpl  Co 

F  1st  Engrs.   Overseas  25nov'17.   With  first  Am  units  at 

front.    Gassed.    Par  Ole  s  o  Knut  &  Ingri  Neste  &  Kari 

d  o  Ola  G  &  Marit  N  R0n. 
Jul  T  Neste  Mekinock  N  D  dec'17 —  Camps  Dodge,  Pike. 

Par  T  E  s  o  E  K  Neste  &  Anna  K  Vik,  W  Slidre  &  Sarah 

Hamre. 
Theodore  Neste  Sioux  City  la  sep'17 —  Par  Peder  Neste  & 

Ragnhild  (Steine)  Kj0s. 
Tillman  J  Norby  Nora  Springs  la  22feb'18-mar'19.   Farrier. 

Vet  Hosp,  Animal   Embark   Depot  301.    Camp   Dodge, 

Camp   Hill.    Par   Olaus   Halstenson   NoVby,   Hedalen  & 

Sigrid  Fosholdt,  Hedalen. 
Sven  Nordaker  Soldier  la  4aug'17 —  Camp  Dodge.    Par  Ole 

s  o  Andr  &  Berthe  Nordaker  &  George  &  Jennie  John- 
son,  N  Aurdal. 

Martin  Norstebon  Roseau  Minn  France. 
Clarence  O  Norsving  Maynard  Minn  Hospital  Corps.  Par 

Ole  Norsving  &  Kari  Syversd  Strand  both  Vang. 
Melvin  Nygaard  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  259 

Aaron  Nyhagen  Manitowoc  Wis.  '  Fa  Knut  Nyhagen,  E 
Slidre.  ' 

Bennie  Nystuen  Northefild  Minn  Oversea. 

James  A  C  Oakes  Portland  Ore  Co  I  361st  Inf  91st  Div 
Srgt.  In  Argonne  action.  His  Mo  Elizabeth  Oakes  d  o 
Guri  (Mrs  A  K  Anderson)  Halvorsd  Graven. 

Clarence  G  Odden  Benson  Minn  131st  Engrs.  France.  Re- 
turned jul'19.  Par  K  K  Odden,  Skrautvaal  &  Guri  Gut- 
tormson,  Etnedalen. 

Emil  Odden  Portland  N  t).  Fa  Jorgen  O  Odden,  Begndalen. 
Mo  fr  N  Aurdal. 

Henry  Ode  Brandon  S  D  28jun'18 —  Mach  Gunner.  Camp 
Dodge.  France.  Fa  Austin  Pedersen  Ode. 

Henry  G  Ode  Duxby  Minn  235th  Co  Mil  Police.  Oversea. 
Ret  16jul'19. 

Austin  C  Odegaard  Sedgvvick  S  D  5oct'17—  Batty  C  341st 
F  A.  Camp  Funston.  France  jun'18.  Fa  Christopher  Zak- 
ariason  Odegaard,  Vang. 

Herman  Odegaard  Jamestown  Wis  nov'17 —  Fa  Nils  s  o 
Zacharias  &  Ingeleiv  Odegaard. 

Oscar  M  Odegaard  Canton  ,S  D  5oct'17—  Inf.  Camp  Fun- 
ston. Oversea  feb'18.  Served  on  5  battle  fronts.  Fa  Ole 
T  Odegard,  Reinlie. 

Reuben  T  Odegaard  Canton  S  D  Smar'18—  Med  Corps. 
Camp  Funston.  Base  Hosp  No.  3,  Paris.  Fa  O  T  Ode- 
gaard, Reinli. 

Albert  Oien  Goodhue  County  Minn. 

Clarence  Okan  Minneapolis  6th  Antiaircraft  Mach  Gun 
Batt.  Camp  Wadsworth.  Par  Christ  Okan  &  Gertrude- 
d  o  Thomas  &  Christine  Haugen,  W  Slidre. 

Oswald  Okan  Minneapolis  26juri8—  Camp  Wadsworth. 
Bro  Clarence  Okan. 

Albert  N  Oldre  Kenneth  Minn. 

Elmer  Oliverson  Toronto  S  D. 

Arthur  Olson  Soldier  la  25jul'18—  Camp  Gordon.  Landed 
France  12sep'18.  At  front  3  weeks.  Par  Arne  s  o  Ole 


260  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

&  Ingeborg  S0rbraaten  &  Dorthea  d  o  Knut  &  Inge  Bak- 

kene,  N  Aurdal. 
Bennie  C  Olson  St  Paul  Minn  3may'18 —  Supply  Co  1st  F 

A.     Ft  Sill.     Par  Andrew  s  o  Ole  Anderson  Klevgaard, 

Etnedalen  &  Christine,  Etnedalen. 
Charles  O  Olson  Deer  Park  Wis  29apr'18-4sep'19  Camp 

Grant,  Eagle  Pass,  Border  service,  Par  John  Olson  Tr0n, 

Nesja  &  Ingeborg  Olsd  Snorthem. 
Clarence  Magnus  Olson  Tioga  N  D  5aug'18-28aug'19  Co  E 

7th  Inf  3d  Div.  Camp  McArthur.    France.     Fa  Oluf  Ol- 
son.   Mo  Olava  Lee,  Aurdal. 
Halvor  Olson  Malta  Mont  sep'17 —  Camp  Lewis.     France. 

At  front  sep'18.     Wounded  23oct'18.     Par  Ole  Olsen  & 

Ingeborg  Olsd  Ssehlid,  Hegge. 
Ida  S  Olson  Red  Cross  Nurse  in  Paris.     Fa  Christiania. 

Mo  Valdris. 
Joseph  O  Olson  Almont  N  D  24may'18-18may'19  Co  A  128 

Inf.  32d  Div.   France   9mo.  Wounded  in  Meuse-Argonne. 

Par  Severt  &  Mina  Olson. 
Martin  Olson  Black  Earth  Wis. 
Martin  Olson  Soldier  la  Jun'18 —  Camp  Dodge.     France 

sep'18.    Par  Chris  Olson  &  Julia  d  o  Sever  &  Ragnild 

Akervold,  N  Aurdal. 
Milo  Olson  Soldier  la  25jul'18—  Brest  12sep'18.    At  front 

3  weeks.     Bro  Martin  Olson  Soldier  la. 
Obert  C  Olson  St  Paul  26sep'17.  Camps  Pike,  Dix.   France. 

Bro  Bennie  C. 
Ole  O  Olson  Clontarf  Minn  15jun'18-27jun'19  113th  Engrs 

7th  Div.    U  of  Minn  Training  Dept.    France.    Fa  Olaus 

Dokken,  S  Aurdal.     Mo  fr  Ranum. 
Oliver   Olson    Hancock    Minn   27jun'18-28feb'19    Batty   A 

332d  F  A.    Camp  Robinson.  France.  Par  Sam  (Simon)  H 

Olson  &  Dordei  Landmark,  Aurdal. 
Oscar  Olson  Sioux  City  la  jul'18 —  Camp  Pike.     France. 

Par  Tom  Olson  &  Kjersti  Ulnes. 
Otto  E  Olson  Deer     Park     Wis     28apr'18-23sep'19  Camp 

Grant,  Eagle  Pass.    Corpl  Co  K  3d  reg  U  S  Lnf.    Border 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  261 

Duty.     Par  John  Olson  Tr0n,  Nesja  &  Ingeborg  Olsd 

Snorthem. 

Thomas  Olson  Blue  Mounds  Wis. 
Thomas  Olson  (Viken)  Forsyth  Mont  France.    Par  Ole  O 

Viken,  E  Slidre  &  Barbo  Thomasd  HpVisbakken,  W  Sli- 

dre. 
Carl  Opdahl  Sheldon  N  D  3  mo  S  A  T  C  111  Univ.     Fa 

Syver  s  o  Syver  Bergei.    Mo  Berthe  d  o  Knud  Andersen 

Veflen. 
Sigvat  Opdahl  Sheldon  N  D  22sep'17—  Camps  Dodge,  Pike, 

Died  9jan'18.    Bro  Carl  Opdahl. 

Carl  J  Opheim  Cyrus  Minn  19sep'17 —  Typist  Clerk.  Over- 
sea.   Died  '19.     Par  Albert  Opheim,  N  Aurdal  &  Rosa 

Johnson. 
Clifford    Malvin    Opheim    Cyrus     Minn   Apr'18 —    Navy. 

Armed  Guard  Crew  182  Rec  Ship.    Par  Ole  H  Opheim, 

Ulnes  &  Ingri  Halvsd  Rye,  Svenes. 
Herbert  Opheim  Cyrus  Minn  25feb'18—  Co  C  132d  Inf  33d 

Div.     France.    Par  Albert  Opheim  &  Rosa  Johnson. 
Josef  Helmer  Opheim  Cyrus  Minn  sep  '18 —  Co  A  4th  Art. 

Camps  Grant,  McArthur.     Bro  Clifford  M  Opheim. 
Norman    Oppen    Manitowoc    Wis    jul'18    Mach    Gun    Div. 

Camp  Hancock.     Par  Ole  O  Oppen,  Ulness  &  Gatta  d  o 

Gulbrand  Winningstad  &  Helebor  Oxhovd,  E  Slidre. 
Gullick   Ormstad   Emmons    Minn   '18 —  Mil    Pol.     Oversea 

'18.    Par  Peter  Gulliksen  Ormstad  &  Ragnild  0degaard. 
Ole  Ormstad  Honeyford  N  D  21feb'18— Batty  F  304th  F  A. 

Died  of  wounds  9sep'18  in  France.    Bro  Gullick  Ormstad. 
Peter  Ormsttad  Jr  St   Paul   5jun'17-12feb'19  Bugler  26th 

Mach  Gun  Battn.  Trained  Montgomery  Ala.  Bro  Gullick 

Ormstad. 

Oscar  Orihnd  Duncombe   la  jan'17 —  Navy.     S  S  Ken- 
tucky.    Fa  John  Ostlund,  Swede.     Mo  Gurine  d  o  Nils 

Anderson   (Follinglo). 

Alton  Oveson  Roseau  Minn.    Fa  Wm  Oveson,  N  Aurdal. 
Albert  Oyloe  Decorah  la  Wounded. 


262 

George  Oyloe  Decorah  la  29apr'18—  358th  Inf  90th  Div 

France.     Fa  Ole  G  Oyloe,  Vang. 
Marcellus  Paulson  Black  Earth  Wis. 
P   C  Pauls.on   Seattle  Wash.     Fa   Ole   s  o   Paul   Paulson 

Skinningrud,  Hedalen. 
Spencer  Paulson  Aneta  N  D  Oversea.    Fa  Peter  C  s  o  Paul 

Paulson  Skinningrud. 
Ralph   Pederson   Ellsworth   Wis.     Fa   fr   Baerum.     Mo  fr 

Bergsbakken. 
Rudolph  Pederson  Malta  Mont  88th  Div  F  Hosp  Service 

Camp  Dodge.     Oversea.     Par  John  Anderson,  Land  & 

Guri  Hoyme  d  o  Johs  Stee  &  Marit  Hovi. 
Alfred  Peterson  Norwich  N  D.    Bro  Oscar  Peterson. 
Bennie   Peterson   Norwich    N    D   28marl8-7may'19   Co   M 

140th  Inf.    Oversea.    Wounded.    Bro.  Oscar  Peterson. 
Carl  W  Peterson  Sioux  City  la.     Par  John  &  Guri  Iversd 

Hilmen. 
Ingvald  Peterson  Norwich   N   D   19oct'17-16mar'18   Batty 

F  121st  F  A  32d  Div.    Camps  McArthur,  Waco.     Bro 

Oscar  Peterson. 
Oscar  Peterson  Norwich     N     D     7may'17-23feb'19  Corpl 

Batty  B  15th  C  A  C,  A  E  F.   Ft  Adams.   Oversea.  2  mo 

on  fighting  line.  Fa  Even  s  o  Peder  E  &  Ingeborg  Bruflat. 

Mo  Martha  d  o  Erik  H  Bruflat  &  Pernille  Stange. 
Henry  Pettersen  Chetek  Wis  4sep'18 —  Infantry.     Camp 

Grant.    Par  Ed  &  Ida  Petterson,  N  Aurdal. 
Carl  B  Quail  Bemis  S  D  sep'18-6dec'18  S  A  T  C  Brookings 

S  D.     Fa  O  A  Quail  (Kvisl).     Mo  Matilda  O  Borsvold, 

Toten. 
George  K  Quail  Sinai  S  D  22jul'18-lloct'18.  Signal  Corps. 

Died  in  France.     Bro  Carl  B  Quail. 
Olaf  Alvin  Quail  Toronto  S  D  Srgt  Cavalry  &  Air  Service. 

Camp  Cody,  Selfridge  Field.     Bro  Carl  B  Quail. 
Austin  Qualey  Hingham  Mont  25apr'18-3jan'19.    Infantry. 

Camp  Lewis.    Par  Ole  Jensen  Kvalseie,  W  Slidre  &  Guri 

Roble,  E  SI. 
Carl   O  Qualey  Salol   Minn  24feb'18-15feb'19  Inf.     Camp 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  263 

Dodge.    Oversea.    Mo  Inger  d  o  Knud  &  Oline  Sletten, 

Etnedalen. 
Edwin  C  Qualey  Adams  N  D  Corporal.     Killed  in  action. 

Son  of  Peder  Qually. 

Newell  Qualle  Martel  Wis.    Grandson  of  Rev  Hagestad. 
George  R  Qualley  Madison  Wis  26aug'18 —  1st  Lieut.  Den- 
tal Service  Camp  Greenleaf.    Par  R  N  Qualley,  W  Slidre 

&  Ingrid  Okshovd,  E  Slidre. 
Henry  Quam  Milton  N  D.    Fa  fr  N  Aurdal.    Mo  fr  Heda- 

len. 

August  Quickstad  Toronto  S  D. 
Clarence  Quickstad  Watertown  S  D. 
Martin  Quickstad  Toronto  S  D. 
Gustav  Quiel  Decorah  la  18oct'18  — S  A  T  C  Luther  Coll. 

Fa  Ole  Quiel  (Lommen).    Mo  Kirsti  Quiel. 
Olaf  M  Quiel  Mitchell  S  D  Corpl  338th  Mach  Gun  Battn 

87th  Div.  Camps  Dodge,  Pike,  Dix.  France.    Bro  Gustav. 
Rev  M  B  Quill  Minneapolis  Camp  Pastor  Assigned  Camp 

McArthur.    Par  G  K  Quill  s  o  K  G  &  Rangdi  Kvisl  & 

Ingri,  N  Aurdal. 

Oscar  T  Quissell  Jasper  Minn  25jul'18-18jan'19  Inf.  88th 
Div.  Camp  Dodge.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Ole  O  Kvisl  &  Christine 
Brandt.  Mo  Mary  T  Hoime  d  o  Thomas  Hoime  &  Marit 
Korstad. 

Montague  Reed  Rasmussen  Lake  Forest  111  Srgt  Camp  Up- 
ton. Oversea.  Par  Karl  M  Rasmussen,  Stavanger  & 
Ragnild  d  o  Ole  T  Swennes  &  Knut  Salsaaboe. 

Albert   Edwin   Ranum   Stillwater   Minn   25jul'18-25may'19 
Co  M  3d  Pioneer  Inf.  Camps  Wadsworth,    Stuart.     Over-% 
sea.     Verdun  Sector  and  other  active  fronts.     Fa  Knut  K 
Ranum. 

Bennie  Ranum  Pope  Co  Minn.  Par  Ole  H  Ranum  &  Bet- 
sey Nomeland. 

John  Olaf  Ranum  Stillwater  Service  in  Anim  factory.  Fa 
Knud  K  Ranum. 

Arnold  I  Raugland  Minneapolis  Lieut  Engrs.  Camp  Dev- 


264  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

ens.  France.  Par  Carl  M  Raugland,  Laurvig  &  Sarah  M 
d  o  Anders  Kirkeberg  &Ingrid  Juvkarn. 

Carl  M  Rauk  Nerstrand  Minn  16oct'18-12dec'18  S  A  T  C 
St  Olaf.  Par  Knut  Rauk,  Hailing  &  Marie  d  o  Mrs.  Rob- 
ert Quamme  (Kj0s),  Vang. 

Helmer  K  Rauk  Nerstrand  Minn  Aug'18 —  Died  of  pneu- 
monia at  Camp  McArthur  .  Bro  Carl  M  Rauk. 

Clifford  Reierson  Luverne  Minn. 

John  R  Reierson  Holt  Minn  23oct'18 —  Ft  Oglethorpe  Died 
in  camp,  p'neufnonia  and  complications.  Fa  Reier  s  o 
Reier  Reierson  &  Marit  Olson  (Tildeishaugen).  Mo 
Georgine  Sundet,  H0nefos. 

Rudolph  S  Reierson  Holt  Minn  17dec'17-16may'19  C  A  C 
Batt  B.  Presidio.  France.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Reier  Reirson  & 
Marit  (Tildeishaugen).  Mo  Alette  Polseth,  Hakedalen. 

Reinert  M  Reinertsbn  Valders  Wis  24may'18  U  S  Naval 
Aviation.  Great  Lakes.  France.  Fa  M  B  Reinertson, 
Lister.  Mo  Marit  d  o  Anders  Christofersen  Kvaal  & 
Barbo  Andersd  Veflen. 

Albert  P  Remme  Kenneth  Minn  4oct'18-7nov'10  12th 
Engrs.  Camps  Forrest,  Dodge.  Fa  Petter  O  Remme  s  o 
Ole  N  &  Ingeborg  Finkelson.  Mo  fr  Gudbrandsdalen. 

Gilbert  G  Remme  Kenneth  Minn  22jul'17-21apr'19  Corpl 
Co  A  18th  Inf  1st  Div.  In  Frnce  1  year.  Twice  wounded. 
Par  Guilder  N  Remme,  Vang  &  Helen  Hanson,  Land. 

Gustav  Adolf  Remme  Kenneth  Minn  27may'18-14feb'19  Co 
K  322d  Inf  81st  Div.  France  8aug'18.  Wounded  lOnov 
'18.  Par  Guilder  N  &  Helen  H  Remme. 

John  Bernard  Remmen  Montevideo. 

Nels  N  Renden  Mayville  N  D  Oversea.  Fa  Nels  Renden, 
Etnedal. 

Hans  G  Revne  Decorah  la  Co  47  20th  Engrs.  Arr  France 
30may'18. 

Harry  Rinde  Dennison  Minn  54th  Pioneer  Inf.     Oversea. 

Andrew  A  Riste  Decorah  la  Radio  service.    S  o  A  A  Riste. 

Gerhard  Riste  Decorah  la  Naval  Acad  Annapolis.  Fa  Nels 
Riste. 


VALDRISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  265 

Albert  R  Risty  Brandon  S  D  26aug'18— 

Alfred  T  Risty  Sioux  Falls  S  D  23jul'18-lsep'19  Guard  Co 

No  137.     Camp  Gordon.     Oversea.     Par  W  Slidre. 
Karl  T  Risty  Brandon  S  D  23jul'18-24sep'19  3d  M  G  Bn. 

Camps  Dodge,  Sherman,  Mills.   Meuse-Argonne  off.    Par 

0stein  s  o  Qulik  0  Riste  &  Ragnild  &  Dorthea  Lee  fr 

Toten. 

Dr  C  M  Roan  Medical  Officer  S  A  T  C  Univ  Minn. 
Milo  C  Robb  Blanchardville  Wis  15juri7-13may'18  Co  H 

127th  Inf.    Camp  Dodge.    Oversea.     Par  Frank  Robb  & 

Caroline  Kristianmoen,  S  Aurdal. 
Andrew  Roble  Manfred  N  D  19aug'18 —  Par  Torstein  s  o 

Ole  J  Roble  &  Guri  M  Rogne,  E  Slidre  &  Guro  d  o  A 

Skogstad  &  Marit  Opdahl,  Vang. 
Melvin  Roble  Manfred  N  D  8oct'18-13dec'18  S  A  T  C  Fargo 

Coll.    Bro  Andrew  Roble. 
Paul  Brandt  Roen  Hollywood  Los  Angeles  Calif  Jul'17  1st 

Lieut  Med  Res  Corps.  France  may'18.  Mobile  Field  Hosp 

No  101.  Fa  Ole  T  Roen. 
Otto  Sverdrup  Roen  Ontario  Calif  Enl  and  called  but  no 

service.    Fa  Ole  T  Roen. 
Anders  Rodningen  (Roine)  Jasper  Minn  29apr'18-16jun'19 

Co  D  357th  Inf  90th  Div.     Camps    Dodge,    Traverse. 

France  20jun'18.     St  Mihiel   Off,   Meuse-Argonne   Off, 

Several  other  fronts.     Par  Anders  &  Marit  Rodningen. 

Born  Valdris. 
Albert  Rodvang  Decorah  la  12dec'17-feb'19  H  Q  Co  65th 

Art.    France  27feb'18.    Par  Thomas  Rovang  &  Bertha. 
Conrad  Rogne  Sawyer  Wis  '17  1st  Lieut  U  S  N  Med  Corps. 

Surgeon  Charleston  Naval  Sta,  U  S  S  Eagle.  Fa  Rev  E  T 

Rogne. 

Torger  O  Rogne  Binford  N  D  Oversea. 
Amos  Rood  Valley  City  N  D.    Fa  Ed  Rood. 
Clifford  Rood  Minneapolis  26feb'18-21jul'19    Hosp  Corps. 

France  17sep'18.    Par  Nels  O  &  Carrie  Rood  (Trondrud, 

Bagn). 
Julius  R^rstad  Pope    Co    Minn    24feb'18-jan'19    Infantry. 


266 

Camp  Dodge.     Wounded  in  France.    Par  Andr  R0rstad, 

S0ndm0r  &  Guri  Olsd  Galibakken,  Aurdal. 
Rolf  O  J  Rorvik  Northfield  Minn  10apr'18-10apr'19  Batty 

F  70th  Art  C  A  C.   France  sep'18.    Par  Johan  R  Rorvik, 

Aalesund  &  Berit  Olsd  B0,  Vang. 
Thorwald  I  Rosby  Farwell  Minn  24may'18^  Co  K  307th 

Inf  77th  Div.   Camps  Lewis,  Kearny.    Severely  wounded 

in  Argonne  6oct'18.     Par  Ole  H   Rosby,   Ringerike    & 

Ragnild,  N  Aurdal. 
Theodore  I  Rotto  Farwell  Minn  27jul'17  — Mechanician  U 

S  S  Florida.     Trained  Norfolk.     In  attack  by  German 

torpedo  9feb'18.     Par  John  T  Rotto,  Nordm^r  &  Kari 

Kamrud,  N  Aurdal. 
Theodor  Gerhard  Rovang  Corson  S  D  28jun'18  Camp  Fun- 

ston.    Par  Ole  T  Rovang  &  Sina  Tveitmoen. 
Andrew  K  Rude  Moorhead  la  25jul'18 —  Camp  Gordon.    3 

weeks  at  front  in  France.    Par  Ole  s  o  Andreas  &  Anne 

Rude,  N  Aurdal  &  Marit  d  o  Knut  &  Inge.  Bakken,  N 

Aurdal. 
Erick   Rude   Toronto    S    D   25may'18-20dec'18   Inf.    Camp 

Lewis.    Par  Gulbrand  O  Rudi  &  Ragnild  K  Hegge. 
Grant  R  Rude  Brookings  S  D  aug'17-feb'19  U  S  N.     Car- 
penters Mate  S  Oosterdyke.     Served  in  convoys.     Par 

Ole  G  Rude,  E  SI  &  Julia  O  Rebne. 
Theodor  N  Rude  Brookings  S  D  Aug'18-mar'19  1  Div  Keg 

Army.    Camps  Fremont,  Mills.    Bro  Grant  R  Rude. 
Andris  E  Rudi  Forsyth  Mont  Killed  in  France.     Fa  Endre 

Rudihaugen.     Mo  Rangdi  Nustebraaten  Rogne,  E  Slidrc 

Am  '08. 

Lars  Rudi  Fairview  Mont  Co  H  151st  Inf  40th  Div.  Camp 
Kearny.  Died  of  wounds  in  France  lloct'18.  Par  Nils 
s  o  Eivind  &  Ragnild  Rogne  &  Ragnild  d  o  Thorstein  G 
Melby  &  Ingri  Larsd  Rudi,  E  Slidre. 

Nils  E  Rudi  Forsyth  Mont  Died  in  France.  Am'08.  Bro 
Andris  E  Rudi. 

Olaf  Rudi  Montana.    Fa  Anton  Rudi.     Born  Reinli. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  267 

Peter  E  Rudi  Forsyth  Mont  Fell  in  France.  Brp  Andris  E 
Rudi.  America  '08. 

Martin  O  Ruse  Maple  Grove  Wis  lmay'18-28mar'19  Infan- 
try. In  action  Argonne  Woods,  Verdun.  Grpar  Etne- 
dalen. 

Anton  Rustad  Canby  Minn  Etnedalen. 

Iver  O  Rustad  Canby  Minn  13sep'18 —  Inf  British  E  F 
France.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Iver  O  (Ruste)  Aspelien,  Begndalen. 
Mo  Sigri  d  o  Anders  O  (Ruste)  Putten  &  Kari  Kvern- 
braaten. 

Olaus  G  Rustad  Dennison  Minn  24jun'18 —  Co  K  343d  Inf 
86th  Div.  Camp  Grant.  Oversea  14sep'18.  Service  at 
front.  Par  Gulbrand  I  (Ruste)  Aspelien  &  Guri  d  o  An- 
ders O  &  Mari  Putten. 

Oscar  O  Rustad  Canby  Minn  24feb'18—  M  P  in  France. 
Bro  Iver  O  Rustad. 

Sever  Rustad  Bonetraill  S  D  29mar'18-4mar'19  France  9 
mo.  Alsace,  St  Mihiel,  Argonne  Forest.  Gassed.  Born 
Hedalen. 

Anton  Ruste  Blue  Mounds  Wis  14mar'18  — Srgt  Q  M  C 
Evacuation  Hosp  No.  22.  Fought  in  Argonne  Woods, 
Verdun  Sector.  Camps  Oglethorpe,  Greenleaf,  Upton. 

Albert  Rustebakke  Callender  la  lnov'17-dec'18  Musician 
37th  Regt  Band  Coast  Art.  Ft  Hancock.  Par  Halsten'so 
Amund  Rustebakke  &  Siri  Olmhus  &  Liv  Skognes,  Aada- 
len. 

Gilbert  Rusten  Moorhead  la  25jul'18 —  Camp  Gordon. 
Brest  12sep'18.  At  front  3  weeks.  Par  John  &  Anne 
Rusten. 

Adolph  Rye  Soldier  la  France.  Par  Ole  &  Mary  Rye.  Grpar 
Halvor  &  Ingeborg  Rye,  N  Aurdal. 

Haldor  Rye  Soldier  la  Oversea.    Bro  Adolph. 

Olaf  Rye  Soldier  la.     Bro  Adolph. 

Theodore  Rye  Soldier  la.    Bro  Adolph. 

Orrion  Leroy  Saether  Bloomington  Wis  29jan'18-5dec'18 
Rec.  2d  Lieut.  Air  Service  Post  Field.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Thomas 


268  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

Reierson  Skarasseter    Anne  Olsd  Langedrag     Mo  Lena 

Loken,  Hadeland. 

Halvor  Saele  Manfred  N  D  spring  '17  Camp  Lewis.    Over- 
sea summer  '18  Reported  Killed.     Born  Hegge. 
Henry  E  San  Goodridge  Min.    Fa  O  A  Sanviken,  Bagn. 
Chris  Satter  Canby  Ore  13dec'17 —  Bat  F  Coast  Art.   Camp 

Ft  Stevens.     France.      Par  John  &  Olia  Satter,   Bagn. 

Grpar  Christopher  &  Aagot  Christopherson  Leitepladsen, 

Lerskogen. 
Edward  Satter  Canby  Ore  3oct'18 —  Recruit  Co  G  S  I.    Ft 

McDonald.    Bro  Chris  Satter. 
Leslie  Schrubbe  Decorah  la  Srgt.     Grpar  G  O  Rustad  & 

Kjersti  Sondrol. 
Ole  Semling  Jr  McVille  N  D  24may'18—  Co  I  305th  Inf. 

Camps  Lewis,  Kearny.     Killed  in  action  13oct'18.     Par 

Ole  Reien  &  Bargo  Semling. 
Clarence  E  Severson  Decorah  la  15apr'17  Corpl  Co  E  133d 

Inf.    Camp  Cody.    France.    Fa  Gilbert  Severson,  Vang. 
Edwin  Severson  River  Minn,  N  Aurdal. 
Ervin  Severson  Soldier  la  Sep'17 —  Aviation.    Kelly  Field. 

Par  Simon  &  Julia  Severson,  S  Aurdal.    Grfa  Erick  Sev- 

ersor..    Grpar  Arne  &  Sarah  Benson. 

Guy  Severson  Soldier  la  Seaman.     Great  Lakes.     Par  Ju- 
lius &  Bertha    Severson,    N.    Aurdal.     Grpar    Jens    & 

Gunild  Klevgaard,  N  Aurdal. 

Roy  Severson  Soldier  la  Aug'18 —  Ames  la.     Bro  Guy. 
Tom  Severson  Malung  Minn. 
Walter  Severson  Soldier  la  Seaman  Great  Lakes.  To  Brest. 

Bro  Guy  Severson. 
John  Severtson  Forestville  Wis  25jul'18 —  Camp  Taylor. 

Par  Thrond  Syverson,  Skrautvaal  &  Guri  O  Dahl,  Sve- 

nes. 
Albin  Severud   Barron    Wis    29jul'17-27may'19    32d    Div. 

Waco,  Tex.     France.     Par  Ole  H  Severud,  Etnedalen  & 

Lina  N  Bergene,  Etnedalen.     . 
Engebret  K  Shefte  Volga  S  D  4jan'18-dec'18  Dental  Co  No 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  269 

1.     1st  Lieut  Dental  R  C.    Camp  Greenleaf.     Par  Knut 

Skjefte  &  Barbo  Hoyme. 
Knute  Shefte  Kremlin  Mont  No'18 —  Fa  Knut  s  o  Ole  & 

Jorand  SkjefteJm>. Barbo  d  o  Helge  Lomen  &  Ingeborg 

Hoime. 
Herbrand  Simle  Fillmore  Co  Minn  22sepl8 —  32  Co  161st 

D  B.   Camp  Grant.   Died  oct'18  of  influenza.   Both  par  fr 

Valdris. 

Norris  T  Simley  Grand  Forks  N  D  Jul'18~feb'19  Med  De- 
tachment 77th  Inf.     Camp  Custer.     Fa  Thrond  s  o  Ole 

Simle  &  Ingrid  Meiningen.    Mo  Gertrude  d  o  John  Linde- 

"lien  &  Taran  Putten,  Ringerike. 
Ole  Simley  Northfield  Minn  S  A  T  C  Carleton. 
Thrond  Benjamin  Simley  Sharon  N  D  May'18-feb'19  Am- 

muinition  Train  Co  D.    Camps  Logan,  Fremont,  Mills, 

Lee.    Bro  Norris  T. 
Clarence  Simon  Tioga  N  D.     Par  N  W  Simon,  Swede  & 

wife  fr  Valdris. 

Dr  O  B  Simon  Tioga  N  D.     Bro  Clarence  Simon. 
Blaine  Simons  Sioux  Falls  S  D  Sep'17 —  Lieut.  Camp  Pike. 

France.    Par  Nels  Simons  &  Berit  d  o  Gulik  Riste. 
Simon  Simons  Rowina  S  D  28jun'18  Camp  Dodge.    Died  16 

oct'18  Long  Island,  pneumonia.     Bro  Blaine  Simons. 
Albert  Skaran    Grand    Meadow    Minn    22oct'18—  Engrs. 

Camp  Forrest.    Par  Sever  &  Anna  Skaran  both  Valdr. 
Melvin  Artie  Skaran  Grand  Meadow  Minn  5sep'18 —  Corpl 

Inf.     Camp  McArthur.     Par  Sever  &  Anna  Skaran. 
Otto  Skaran  Grand  Meadow  Minn   19sep'17—  19th  F  A. 

Camp  Cody.  Oversea.  Par  Andrew  &  Lena  Skaran,  both 

Valdr. 
Silas  Skaran  Grand  Meadow  Minn  23apr'18  Seaman  Great 

Lakes.    To  Brest.     Par  Andrew  &  Lena  Skaran. 
Carl  H  Skarloken  Toronto  S  D   15may'18-19jan'19  Corpl 

Air  Service.    Tr  Camp  St  Paul.    Par  Sam  Skarlokken  & 

Julia  Rovang. 
Joseph  E  Skarloken  Toronto  S  D  20jun'18-14sep'19  Inf  2d 


270  THE   VALDRIS   BOOK 

Div.  Camp  Dodge.    France.    In  Argonne  Drive  &  Army 

of  Occn. 

Bennett  Skatrud  Valders  Wis. 

Herbert  A  Skatrud  Kennedy   Minn  7dec'17-16may'19  Ar- 
tillery.   Ft  Scott.    Verdun,  Meuse-Argonne  Off.     Fa  Ole 

Halvorson  Skatrud.     Mo  Sissel  Beito. 
Selmar  Skatrud  Valders  Wis.    Fa  Ole  Skatrud. 
Iver  Skattebo  Brunswick  Wis. 
Oliver  H  Skattebo  Valders  Wis. 
Bert  Skogstad  Grand  Meadow  Minn. 
George  Skogstad  Grand  Meadow  Minn. 
Lewis  C  Skov  Rapidan  Minn    29apr'18 —    Camps    Dodge, 

Travers.    France.    Service  at  front  from  aug'18.  Wound- 
ed.   Gassed.    Co  E  358th  Inf.    Par  Carl  s  o  Ole  K  Skov 

&  Kari  Larsd  Ran  urn. 
Martin  O  Skrovig  Radcliffe  la  13may'18-30  jun'19  Cropl  Co 

D  7th  Amm  Train.    Oversea  22sep'18.     Fa  Ole  Iverson 

Skrovig. 
Tom  O  Skrovig  Radcliffe  la  25feb'18—  H  Q  Co  328th  Inf. 

Oversea  apr'18.  •  St.  Mihiel,  Argonne.     Killed  in  action 

9oct'18.     Fa  Ole  Iverson  Skrovig. 
Bendix  Skrutvold  Yvot  Mont  16jun'18-26jun'18  Co  10,  40th 

Battn  166th  D  B.     Camp  Lewis. 
Haldor  Skrutvold  Skogmo     N     D     22sep'17-13sep'19  Med 

Corps.     Camp  Greene.  France  &  Germany.  Fa  Eivind  s  o 

Ole  Skrutvold  &  Guri  Reie.    Mo  Maria  d  o  Bendik  Glad- 

heim  &  Barbro  Thon,  Etnedalen. 
Ingvald  Smaadalen  Aneta  N  D  Oversea.    Par  Ole  Haavda, 

N  Aurdal  &  Ingeborg  Smaadalen,  Etnedalen. 
Olaf  Sm'aadalen  Salol  Minn. 
Chris  Soine  Maynard  Minn.     Par  Ivar  Soine  &  Serine  d  o 

Syver  G  Strand  &  Ingeborg  Eltun. 
Sever  I  Soine  Maynard  Minn  25jul'18 —  Wagoner  4th  Anti 

Aircraft  Mach  Gun  Battn.    Camp  Wadsworth.    France. 

Par  Iver  &  Serine  Soine.    Grpar  Strand  &  Ellingboe. 
Edwin  O  Solsaa  Jasper  Minn  26feb'18-lljul'19  55th  Engrs. 

Camps  Dodge,  Custer.    Oversea  30jun'18.    Railroad  Con- 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  271 

struction.     Par  Ole  Knutson  Saalsaa  &    Inger    Lokke, 

Ringerike. 
Nels  Solsten  Minneapolis  14may'18 —    Q  M  Co  Aviation. 

Hampton   Roads.     Par   Ole   Olson   Solheim,   Aurdal   & 

Gjertrud. 
Andrew  O  Sondrol  Emomns  Minn  25jul'18 —  Inf.    Camp 

Pike.  Died  in  France     9oct'18     pneumonia.     Par  Ole  s  o 

Johs  &  Marit  Sondrol  &  Martha  Anderson. 
Clarence  K  Sondrol   Emons  Minn   10may'17 —  Field  Art. 

Camp  Dauglas,  France.    Par  K  s  o  Johs  &  Marit  Sondrol 

&  Annelene  Nelson. 
John    K    Sondrol    Emmons    Minn    12jun'17 —    Inf.    Camp 

Greene.     France.    Severy  wounded.     Bro  Clarence  K. 
John  O  Sondrol  Emmons  Minn  25feb'18  Mach  Gun  service. 

Camp  Dodge.    Par  Ole  s  o  Johs  &  Marit  Sondrol  &  Mar- 
tha Anderson  Myhre. 
Peter  K  Sondrol    Emmons    Minn    30may'17 —    Instructor 

Aerial  Gunnery,  Mt  Clemens,  Mich.     Bro  Clarence  K. 
Knut  N  Sorbo  Emmons  Minn  26jun'18-22apr'10  Co  B  313th 

Engrs  88th  Div.  France  6  mo.    Fa  Nels  O  Sorbo,  Vang. 
Adolph  Melvin  Sorlie  Rothsay  Minn  19oct'17  — Corpl  Avia- 
tion Corps  507th  Areo  Squadron.    Kelly  Field.     Died  in 

Camp.   Par  Mikkel  s  o  Mikkel  &  Ragnild  Sorlie,  Hedalen 

&  Anne,  Hedalen. 
Edward  Sorlie  Sioux  City  la  '17-'19  Camp  Pike.    Par  Nils 

C  Sorlie  &  Jorand  Hilme. 
Sophus  Sorum  Willmar  Minn  6  mo  on  ocean  in  Navy.   Par 

N  J  Sorum,  Sogn  &  Berit  Haugen. 
Charles  Spaannum  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 
Ole  Spangrud  Banks  N  D  3jul'18-28jan'19  Co  I  77th  Inf 

14th  Div.      Camp    Custer.      Par    Kristoffer    &    Bertine 

Spangrud,  S  Aurdal. 
Gilbert  John  Standy  Geddes  S  D  Hoct'18—  S  A  T  C  la 

Univ.    Fa  Mikkel  G  Standy  s  o  Gudmund  O  Steinde,  Ul- 

nes. 
Robert  Steenerson  Upham  N  D  Jun'18-16apr'19  Co  L  359th 

Inf  9th  Div.  France  19  jun'18.  In  two  battles.   Fa  Knute 


272  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

Steenerson  Telemark  &  Maria  d  o  Syver  Anderson  & 
Marit  Skaveldo,  S  Aurdal. 

Clarence  Steensrud  Black  Earth  Wis. 

Martin  Stolen  AwiU  N  D 

Nels  G  Steine  Decorah  la  6jun'17 —  Co  B  67th  Engrs  Div 
14.  Camp  Cody.  France.  Fa  Gilbert  s  o  Nils  &  Anna 
Steine.  Mo  Anna  d  o  Christen  &  Anna  Qualley. 

Ole  Steine  Decorah  la  llmay'17 —  El  Paso,  Camp  Mc- 
Arthur.  Died  16jun'18.  Bro  Nels  G  Steine. 

Einar  Stende  Dalton  Minn  lOmay'18 —  M  G  Battn.  Camp 
Dodge.  France.  Gassed.  Fa  Andrew  s  o  Ole  &  Ragnild 
Stende,  Oie.  Mo  Ida  Osterli,  0  Gausdal. 

Ivar  Stende  Ellendale  N  D  Jul'18  Camp  Custer.  Bro  Ein- 
ar. 

Oscar  L  Stende  Dalton  Minn  10may'18  — Q  M  Clerk  Camp 
J  L  Johnston.  France.  Fa  John  s  o  Ole  &  Ragnild  Stende, 
Oie.  Mo  Dina  Anderson. 

Rev  E  M  Stensrud  San  Francisco  Calif  Chaplain  Camp  Fre- 
mont. Stensrud,  Vang. 

Carl  Stigen  Aneta  N  D  3sep'18  Died  4oct'18  influenza.  Fa 
Ole  Stigen,  Modum.  Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Knut  &  Maria  Ren- 
den,  Etnedalen. 

Martin  Stigen  Aneta  N  D  24may'18-7feb'19  89th  Spruce 
Squadron.  Bro  Carl  Stigen. 

Adolph  Stolan  Fosston  Minn  26jul'18-8jul'19  Co  L  54th 
Pioneer  Inf.  Camp  Wadsvvorth.  France.  Par  Arne  &  As- 
trid  St01an,  Etnedalen. 

Alvin  T  Stolen  Mt  Horeb  Wis  30apr'18-12feb'19  Naval  Avi- 
ation. Dunwoody.  France. 

Ernest  Stolen  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Martin  Hartvel  Strand  Newman  Grove  Nebr  26apr'18 — 
355th  Inf  8th  Div.  Camp  Funston.  France  may'18.  Killed 
in  action  4riov'18.  Fa  Henry  s  o  Mons  T  &  Ingeborg 
Strand,  Skrautvaal.  Mo  Anna  d  o  Haldor  Halvorsen  & 
Mary  Halvorson. 

Syver  S  Strand  Renville  Co  Minn  Oversea.  Par  Syver  G 
Strand  &  Ingeborg  T  Eltun,  Vang. 


VALORISES  IN  THE  WORLD  WAR  273 

Clarence  Stromsett  Beloit  Wis  3oct'17-16apr'19  Co  47th  Inf 
47th  Div.  Camps  Grant,  Pike.  France  9may'18.  Chateau 
Thierry,  Argonne.  Gassed.  Par  John  Stromsett  &  Louise 
Johnson  Nerhaugen  d  o  Martin  &  Barbro  Nerhagen. 

Eugene  V  Studlien  Moorhead  Minn  Killed  in  action. 

Gustav  Sundheim  Hills  Minn  Camp  Wadsworth.    Aurdal. 

Halvdan  Sveen  Atwater  Minn.  Fa  Torpen,  of  Valdris  fam- 
ily. 

Benj  Svien  St  Paul  Minn  H  Q  Co  315  Engrs  Band  A  E  F. 

Henry  J  Svien  Granite  Falls  Minn  23jun'18 —  333d  H  F  A. 
Camp  Robinson.  France.  Par  John  M  &  Martha  Svien. 
Grfa  John  Hendrik  Svien,  Vang. 

Knut  K  Svien  Dennison  Minn  20oct'18 —  Camp  Cody.  Par 
Knut  J  Svien  &  Sidsel  Oldre. 

Martin  A  Svien  Dennison  Minn  24jun'18 —  Camp  Grant. 
Soon  Discharged.  Par  Andris  &  Marit  Svien. 

Ingvald  Swain  Moorhead  Iowa  25jul'18 —  Camp  Gordon. 
Brest  12sep'18.  At  front  3  weeks.  Died  ljan'19.  Fa  Nels 
s  o  Peder  &  Bertha  Swain,  Bagn.  Mo  Lena  d  o  Ole  & 
Ingeborg  S0rebraaten,  N  Aurdal. 

Ole  Swain  Moorhead  la  Nov'17—  Seaman.  Great  Lakes.  On 
U  S  S  Minnesota  when  torpedoed.  Bro  Ingvald  Swain. 

Peter  Swain  Moorhead  la  25jul'18—  Camp  Gordon.  Brest 
12sep'18.  3  weeks  at  front.  Bro  Ingvald  Swain. 

Myron  Ingram  Swennes  La  Crosse  Wis  Great  Lakes  Naval 
Sta.  Oversea.  Fa  Clellan  s  o  Ole  O  Norgaarden  (Swen- 
nes). 

Adolph  Swenson  Soldier  la  25feb'18—  Camp  Dodge  Brest 
lOmay'18.  At  front  3  weeks.  Par  Arne  &  Gina  Swenson. 
Grfa  Swen  Swenson,  Etnedalen. 

Arthur  Swenson  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Melvin  Swenson  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Geo  Swiggum  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

H  Lawrence  Swiggum  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Emil  T  Syverson  Dennison  Minn  82d  Div.  France.  At  Front 
10  days.  Fa  fr  Sogn.  Mo  fr  Valdris. 

Selmer  Syverson  Black  Earth  Wis. 


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Chris  Tauberg  Soldier  la  26jul'18 —  Camp  Gordon.  Brest 
12sep'18.  Wounded.  Fa  Haltan  Tauberg,  N  Aurdal.  Mo 
Annie  Olsd  Soffebraaten. 

Oscar  Tauberg  Soldier  la  25jul'18 —  Camp  Gordon.  Brest 
12sep'18.  Wounded.  Bro  Chris  Tauberg. 

Alfred  Teisberg  St  Paul  Aug'17  Lieut.  Ft  Snelling,  Dodge. 
Instructor.  S  o  A  K  Teisberg,  &  Gro  R0n. 

Albert  Temanson  Grand  Meadow  Minn  4sep'18-4mar'19 
Inf.  Camp  McArthur.  (Omsrud). 

Eli  Temanson  Grand  Meadow  Minn. 

g.^.Teslow  Sioux  Falls  S  d  Co  G  21st  Engrs.  Par  H 
Christopherson,  Romerike  &  Inger  Nilsd  Sundt,  N  Aur- 
dal. 

Albert  S  Thompson  Nora  Minn  24feb'18—  Co  L  139th  Inf. 
Camp  Dodge.  France.  Wounded  at  Verdun  front.  Par 
Samuel  Thompson  &  Marit  Lien,  Aurdal  (Heggemoen). 

Arnold  J  Thompson  Hutchinson  Minn  20jun'17-6feb'19  1st 
Lieut  Veterinary  Section  46th  F  A.  Camp  Kearny.  Fa 
Ole  s  o  Thomas  &  Maren  Odden,  Begndalen.  Mo  Thon- 
ette,  Begndalen. 

Carl  T  Thompson  Dennison  Minn  24jun'18 —  Camp  Grant. 
Par  Toris  Thompson  &  Gunild  Estrem. 

Clarence  Thompson  Little  Sank  Minn  Motor  Truck  Driver. 
11  mo  in  France.  On  active  front  11  nights.  Ft  Knut 
Thompson,  Bagn. 

Gilman  Thompson  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Karmeth  Irvin  Thompson  Barnes  Ore  Co  M  63d  Inf.  Camps 
Meade,  Presidio,  Astoria  L  I  (Helle). 

Lillie  E  Thompson  Farmington  Minn  Red  Cross  Army 
Nurse.  Fa'Peder  Thompson  (Ellestad).  Mo  Barbro  No- 
ben. 

Melvin  Thompson  Riley  Wis. 

Oden  Thompson  Faith  S  D. 

Olai  Thompson  Mt  Horeb  Wis. 

Oliver  T  Thompson  Canby  Minn  8apr'18-5apr'19  Mechanic 
2d  C  A.  Ft  Adams  L  I.  Fa  Ole  s  o  Thomas  K  &  Maren 
Odden,  Begndalen.  Mo  Thonette. 


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Oscar  Thompson  Madison  S  D  Med  Corps  in  France.  Fa 
Ole  Thompson  (Landmark). 

Oscar  C  Thompson  Valders  Wis.    Fa  T  I  Thompson. 

Philip  Thompson  Madison  S  D.  Fa  Ole  Thompson  (Land- 
mark). 

Thorwald  Thompson  Canby  Minn  25feb'18-lapr'19  H  Q  Co 
118th  Inf  30th  Div.  Camps  Dodge.  Sevier.  Belgium, 
France.  Ypres  sector.  Drive  on  Hindenburg  Line.  Gassed. 
Fa  Ole  s  o  Thomas  &  Maren  Odden,  Begndalen.  Mo 
Thonette,  Begndal. 

Ruel  E  Thompson  Valders  Wis  23sep'17—  Corpl  Motor 
Truck  Work.  Camp  Custer.  France.  Fa  Edwin  s  o  Thom- 
as O  Helle.  Mo  Anne  Maria  d  o  Anders  O  Aabol. 

Thomas  Thompson  Faith  S  D. 

Thorwald  Thompson  Finley  N  D  Jun'18 —  Camp  Dodge. 
Fa  Ole  Thompson,  Begndalen.  Mo,  Hedalen. 

William  A  Thompson  Quarry  Wis  21dec'16 —  1st  Lieut 
Aviation.  France  15oct'17.  Gassed.  Died  19jul'18.  Fa 
Knut  Thompson  (Helle).  Mo  Ingrid  Gigstad. 

Wm  P  Thompson  Ridgeland  Wis  Sep'17-8aug'19  Camp 
Grant.  France.  Mo  Olia  Bergene. 

Edgar  Thon  Minneapolis. 

Alfred  S  Thoreson  Rosewood  Minn  23sep'18-lljan'19  Engr- 
ing  Corps.  Camp  Forrest.  Fa  Andrew  s  o  Tore  T0rison 
Grythe.  Mo  Siri  O  Jorgenson,  Bagn. 

Kenneth  Thoreson  Soldier  la  sep'18 —  Seaman,  Navy.  San 
Francisco.  Par  Theodore  &  Hulda  Thoreson,  N  Aurdal 
(Klevgaard). 

Clarence  S  Thorsrud  Callender  la  20sep'17 —  1st  Sergt 
527th  Engrs.  Brest,  France.  Par  Syver  Thorsrud,  Bagn  & 
Joran  Thon  N  Aurdal.  Grandfathers  Ole  Hoff,  Bagn  & 
Knut  Thon,  N  Aurdal. 

Oscar  Throndson  Longmont  Colo  Called,  hindered  by  in- 
fluenza. Fa  Tore  Throndson. 

Telford  B  Thronson  Longmont  Colo  28feb'18—  Radio  Serv- 
ice. Newport.  Harvard  Radio  School.  Par  Tideman 
Throndson  (Saalsaa)  &  Betsey  Lee  d  o  Knut  N  Lee. 


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Edward  Thuftin  Clayton  Wis  27jul'18-24dec'18  73d  Inf  88th 

Div.    Par  Tosten  Knudson  &  Gunild  Maria,  S  Aurdal. 
Harold  Orlando  Thune  Cedar  Rapids  la  4sep'18-31jan'19 
Jefferson     Barracks.     France    2nov'18.     Grpar    Thomas 
Thune  &  Sarah  Hagen. 

Tver  Tilden  Norway  Mont  28may'18-lljun'19  Co  A  315th 
Mach  Gun  Battn  80th  Div.  Camps,  Lewis,  Kearny.  Over- 
sea aug'18.     Meuse-Argonne  battle.     Fa  Tollef  s  o  Nils 
Tildem.    Mo  Marit  d  o  Lars  Kamrud,  Aurdal.  (Opslidre). 
Clarence  J  Tjernagel  Stanhope  la  Aug'18 —  Y  M  C  A  over- 
sea sep'18.    Fa  L  J  Tjernagel.    (Follinglo). 
Otto  A  Tjernagel  Story  City  la  Sep'18 —  Inf.  Camp  Dodge. 
Fa  P  G  Tjernagel  (Follinglo). 

Theodore  M  Tobiason  Hatton  N  D  Jun'18 —  Infantry. 
Camps  Lewis,  Kearny.  Oversea  aug'18.  Severly  wound- 
ed. Fa  T  R  Tobiason  s  o  Roland  &  Marit.  Mo,  Sol^r. 

Alfred  Torgerson  Soldier  la  14jul'18 —  Died  of  pneumonia 
7nov'18.  Par  Andrew  &  Ele  Torgerson  (Navrud). 

Knut  N  Torstad  Minneapolis  24jun'18—  H  Q  Co  354th  Inf. 
Camp  Grant.  In  Meuse-Argonne  drive  oct'18.  Army  of 
Occn.  Fa  Nils  s  o  Anders  Haldorson  Veblen  &  Inge- 
borg  Rogn.  Mo  Marit  Knutsd  Torstad. 

Ole  A  Tronrud  Great  Falls  Mont  Died  in  Ohio  29oct'18. 

Arthur  G  Tuve  Toronto  S  D  10jul'18—  5th  Battn  Trench 
Art.  Ft  Hancock.  France  19sep'18.  Fa  O  G  Tuve. 

Carl  Walther  Tvedt  Maskell  Nebr  25apr'18—  Camp  Funston. 
France.  Twice  over  the  top,  wounded.  Co  F  355th  Inf. 
Fa  Rev  N  G  Tvedt,  Vang. 

Joseph  Tvite  Goodhue  Co  Minn. 

Arthur  T  Tweit  Tower  City  N  D  Served  23  mo  Co  M  58th 
Inf  4th  Div.  In  four  battles.  Fa  Amund  E  Tveit,  Vang. 

Egbert  O  Tweit  Tower  City  N  D  11  mo  service  19th  Spruce 
Squadron  2d  Div.  Fa  Amund  E  Tveit,  Vang. 

Arthur  E  Ulnes  Davenport  N  D  9may'17 —  Corpl  Co  I 
164th  Inf.  Camp  Greene.  France  15dec'17.  Par  Elling  E 
Ulnes,  N  Aurdal  &  Gustava  Borerud,  Sol0r. 


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Edwin  P  Ulnes  Davenport  N  D  22sep'17-29jan'19  Corpl 

347th  Inf.  Camp  Pike.  France.    Bro  Arthur  E. 
Elmer  Jay  Ulnes  Davenport  N  D  lfeb'18-29mar'19  Avia- 
tion. Pensacola,  Fla.     Bro  Arthur  E. 

Norman  Ulnes  Valders  Wis  26apr'18—  Co  C  340th  Inf. 
Camp  Custer.  Aberdeen  Proving  Ground.  Fa  B  T  s  o 
Thore  Ulnes  &  Kirsti  Hilmen.  Mo  Andrea  Oppen,  Tele- 
mark. 

Otto  Ulrikson  Canton  S  D  20sep'17—  314th  Trench  Mortar 
Batty  89th  Div.  Camp  Funston.  France  jun'18.  Gassed  in 
St  Mihiel  Sector.     Fa  Ulrik  Ulrikson,  Haugerstuen,  N 
Aurdal.    Mo  Ragnild  d  o  Fanejunker  O  Strand,  Svenes. 
Oliver  O  Ulve  Lake  Mills  la  May  18  U  S  Guard.     Camp 
Dodge,  McKinley  Park.     Fa  O  O  Ulve  s  o  Ole  &  Inge- 
borg  Ulve.     Mo  Sigri  Klanderud,  Eidskogen. 
Selmer  Martin  Ulve  Lake  Mills  la  Jun'18  — U  S  Guard. 

Camp  Dodge,  Presidio.     Bro  Oliver  O. 
Elling  H  Veblen  Reed   Point  Mont  25aug'17-18feb'19  2d 
Lieut  Aviation.  Austin,  Waco,  Dallas,  Fairfield  O  France 
2aug'18.     Pursuit   Pilot.     Fa   Andrew   A   Veblen.      Mo 
Kirsti  Hougen.  * 

Ingvald  Veblen  Cooperstown  N  D  Sep'17 —  Med  Corps.  S 

A  T  C  Minn.    Par  Rev  Sigurd  Olsen  &  Emily  Veblen. 
Oswald  Veblen  Princeton   N  J   30aug' 17-31  may '19   Major 
Ordnance     Corps.     Sandy     Hook,     Aberdeen     Proving 
Ground.     To  France,  England,  Italy  30oct'18.     Par  An- 
drew A  Veblen  &  Kirsti  Hougen. 

Thorkel  A  Veblen  Big  Timber  Mont  26jul'18-22jun'19  Ma- 
rines. Mare  Island,  Honolulu.  Par  Andrew  A  Veblen  & 
Kirsti  Hougen. 

Henry  Nicolai  Veflen  Barnesville  Minn  25oct'18-4jan'19 
Co  C  125th  Engrs.  Camp  Forrest.  Fa  s  o  Gulbrand  & 
Gunild  Veflen. 

Joseph  A  Viken  Sacred  Heart  Minn  Co  E  343  Inf.  France* 
jun'18.  Wounded  2nov'18.    Died    2dec'18.      Par  Knut  K 
Viken  &  Betsey  Veblen. 
John   Viker    Foxpark    Wyoming    Juri8-20may'19    Camp 


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Lewis.    Co  M  127th  Inf  32d  Div.    Meuse-Argonne  battle, 

Coblenz.    Par  Gullik  &  Berit  Viker,  W  Slidre. 
Melvin  Viste  Clay  Banks  Wis  Par  Knut  K  Viste  &  Ragnild 

Gullikson. 
Bennie  O  Void  Maynard  Minn  Mechanic  in  Aviation  Camp. 

Par  Andrew  O  Void  &  Alina  Rangerud,  Toten.     (Katte- 

vold). 
Stener  E   Void   Kerkhoven   Minn  28jul'18-25jan'19   Co   D 

4th  Anti  Aircraft  M  G  Battn.    Camp  Wadsworth.  France. 

Fa  Engebret  S  Void,  Hailing.'    Mo  Mathea'  d  o  Peder 

Landsen  &  Berit  Garthus. 

Oscar  G  Waarum  Manitowoc  Wis  Fa  Knut  Waarum. 
Abner  Wahl  Lanesboro  Minn  8feb'18-30jan'19  311th  Trench 

Mortar.    Arr  Oversea  4oct'18.    Mo  Valdris. 
Alvin  Wahl   Lanesboro  Minn   Mustered  out  6dec'18    llth 

Observation   Co.     Camp   Taylor.     Bro  Abner. 
Carl  Walden  Nekoma  N  D 
Olvin  Walden  Nekoma  N  D 
Peter    Wangsnes     Cyrus     Minn    23juri8-30jul'19     Camp 

Wadsworth.      France.      Par   John    &    Maria    Wangsnes. 

Grfa  Erik  Skogen  (Skaveldo). 
Russell  Alvin  Weblen  Minneapolis  Sept'18-  S  A  T  C,  St 

Thomas.    Orders  to  camp  Pike  for  O  T  C.    Fa  Martin  A 

Weblen.    Mo  Martha  Thompson. 
Melvin  Westboe  Erdahl  Minn  25may'19-  Co  M  llltj:  Inf. 

Camp  Lewis.     Died  of  wounds  in   France.     Fa  filbert 

s  o  Knut   &   Kjersti   Vestrebo'eie,   Aurdal.     Mo   Johanne, 

Ringerike. 

Arthur  Wigen  Manitowoc  Wis 
Harry  M  Wilberg  Kensington  Minn  23jul'18-  Park  Batty 

4th  Corps  Art  Park.     Camp  Wadsworth.     France.     Par 

Martin  H.  Wilberg,  Kristiania,  &  Berit  d  o  Thomas  & 

Ingrid  Dokken,  N  Aurdal. 
Edwin  Wiste  Adams  N  D  21sep'18-  Infantry.  Camp  Dodge. 

France.    Severly  wounded  in  both  legs.    Par  P  T  Wiste 

&  Oline  Rebne. 


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Herlie  Clarence  Wiste  Spring  Grove  Minn  23oct'18-  Camps 
Forrest,  Dodge.  Fa  Tollef  H  Wiste. 

Torger  Wiste  Adams  N  D.  Par  Peter  T  Wiste  &  Oline  An- 
derson, both  W  Slidre.  Born  in  Valdris. 

Edgar  Olaf  Wold  Roseau  Minn  29mar'18-  Amb  Co  131, 
108th  Sanit  Train  33d  Div.  France  jun'18.  Roll  of 
Honor  33d  Div  for  Gallantry.  Par  Nels  E  Wold  &  Kari 
Paalelien. 

Ernest  G  Wold  Minneapolis  1st  Lieut  Aviation.  Killed  in 
action  laug'18,  France.  Fa  Theodore  Wold.  Mo  Belle 
Groves  d  o  Andrew  Halvorson  Groves  &  Guro  Chris- 
topherson  B0rhus. 

Nels  T  Wold  Mclntosh  Minn  12apr'18-  Camp  Dodge. 
France  may'18.  In  many  Bloody  Actions  on  West  Front. 
Killed  in  Argonne  Drive  28sep'18.  Received  Congress 
Medal  of*  Honor  for  Signal  Bravery  in  action.  Fa  Tide- 
mand  E  Wold. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

SOME  DOCUMENTS,   AND  SELECTIONS 

WRITTEN  BY  VALDRISSES 

IN  AMERICA 

THE  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  VALDRIS  SAMBAND. 

GRUNNLOV  AAT  VALDRIS  SAMBANDE. 

I. 
Dette  selskap^  eite  Valdris  Samband. 

II. 

Sambandjzf  esla  se  te  fostr0  indbyrdis  venskap  o  hugnarsle 
smakvaeme  iblant  Valdriso  i  Amerika,  o  te  auk0  kjensl  te 
Valdriso  o  deiris  dug  o  drivna  her  o  i  gam!0  heime. 

III. 

Vaeljandis  te  vaera  mae  i  sambande  aer0  dei  so  %  taa  Val- 
dris aett  o  deiris  aekt^maka. 

IV. 

Embaesmennadn  aer0  ein  President,  ein  Vice-President,  o 
ein  Sekretaer;  o  kor  taa  dei  bar  te  ten0  sambande  paa  den  vis 
so  sleke  embaesmenna  pla ;  men  sekretaern  ae  okso  Kasserar. 

Atve  desse  tryaa  vaeljast  seks  te,  so  at  dae  bli  eit  ni-manns 
Sty  re,  so  ska  pars0  o  styr0  alt  dae  sambandjzf  eig  o  alt  so  kjaem 
di  ve,  i  samhjzfve  mx  desse  grunnloven  o  an  sambandsfere- 
s^gn. 

V. 

Eit  sambandsm0te  ska  haldast  te  kort  aar,  der  o  ner  so 
samband0  en  styre  ae  eins  um. 

Paa  desse  m0te  ska  dae  fyst  naevnast  ut  minst  tryaa  vael- 
jarmenna. 


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Ner  daa  embaesmennadn  ha  jort  grei0  f0r  embaesdrivnae 
si,  so  sko  desse  vaeljarmennadn  naevn0  up  te  val  i  dae  minst0 
eit  navn  f0r  kor  post  i  sambandsstyre. 

Derette  ska  samband^  vaelja  embaesmenna  o  styre  anti  taa 
desse  so  ae  v0rtne  nsevnde  en  are. 

Sia  ska  m0te  f^rast  paa  dae  lag  so  styre  ha  einast  us,  en 
so  so  m0te  heist  vil. 

VI. 

Te  hald0  huvutaludn  ve  m0to  ska  styre  taka  Valdrisa; 
o  taludn  sko  heist  vaera  paa  Valdrismaal. 

VIL 

Den  so  ae  vaeljandis  o  vil  in  i  samband0  har  te  skriv0  se 
in  jaa  sekretsere  en  engon  an  taa  styrismenno,  o  laejji  fem 
o  tju0  cents  (25c)  i  kassa;  men  taa  kjaering  o  b0dn  aat  ein 
so  alt  ae  v^rtin  sambandsmann  kraevst  dae  kji  instigspaeinga. 

Aarspaeinga  ae  25  cents  aar0. 

VIII. 

Paa  dae  at  dae  kan  sankast  viss0  o  truvaerdig0  kunnskap 
um  Valdrisadn  o  deiris  sysl  o  saga,  so  ska  kor  paa  sama  tin 
so'n  s0kji  se  in  i  samband0,^skriv0  up  o  skaff0  styre  so  mykji 
uplysning  um  se  sj01,  sit  fjzflk,  o  si  aett,  so'n  kan  vaera  viljog0 
te  laeta  dei  faa. 

Alt  dae  so  bli  soleise  sanka,  o  alia  ara  skryfte,  b0ka,  o 
belaeto  so  koma  i  vareign  aat  sambande,  sko  f^rvarast  paa 
engor  trygg0  o  eldfri0  stella ;  o  styre  ae  ansvarle  {fir  kost  alia 
sleka  sake  parsast. 

Sekretaern  ska,  ette  so  dae  bli'o  paalagt,  de!0  ut  i  sam- 
bande talo  o  anna  so  bli  trykt  o  utjeve. 

IX. 

Te  di  at  samband^  kan  viarr0  drivjzf  fram  dae  so  dae  ha 
saett  se  te  lage,  so  vil  dae  jedn0  sjaa  at  Valdrisadn,  i  kor  graend 
der  dae  finnst  mange  nok  taa  dei  te  di,  faa  island  sanilag  mae 
sama  grunntanko  so  dei  aat  sambande. 

Samband0  vil  okso  jedn0  sjaa  te  at  dae  bli  upsanka,  akta, 


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o  kunnjort  alt  slekt  so  kjaem0  Valdriso,  Valdrisbygdo,  o  Val- 
drisspraake  ve,  her  i  desse  ny0  o  kjaerjzi  heime  aat  so  mange 
Valdrisa. 

Den  Soykjandp'  Mai,  Nikja  Hundr0  o  Tvo. 

VALDRISSTEVNE  PROPOSED  BY  THOMAS  LAJORD 

FRAA  MINIAP^LS. 
Januar,  sjele  aar0  f0r  me  skriv0  Nihja  Hundr0. 

Ner  e  trseffa  te  haayr0:  "Me  Valdrissa  i  Miniap01s  o 
Sanctpaal  bordjzf  aig^ng  ha  ei  Sam0nkomst'n  Qvaeld.  f0r  ai 
liti  Moro"  Hjaem  e  ihug  ko  Wergeland  saie:  "Hvor  er  min 
fyrige,  min  kjsekke  Elv,  min  Baina,  Helten  mellem  Norges 
Str0mme  etc"  -  "No  kan  inhji  vaera  langt  te  Valdris  at, 
Hjarsta  bli  so  bait  i  Live"  etc.  — :  "o  so  Blomma,  so  as  Jen- 
tud'n"  etc.  — :  "Men  e  jek  min  vasg,  tsenkt0  kun  paa  deg, 
so  venast0  i  Valdris,"  etc.  —  osv. :  "Men  blindt  var  dit  0ie 
for  Fr0kner  og  Fruer,  de  syntes  mot  Berith  som  Kraaker  mot 
Duer"  etc.  Kost  den  storo'  Kulten  maatt0  ha'  elska  Valdris. 

Ain  svaerst  Snill0  Valdris  sjzing:  "Der  er  en  Dal  udi  Nor- 
ges Land,  som  er  den  bedste  paa  Kloden"  etc. 

Ner'n  Paul  du  Chaillu  svalla  um  Valdris,  faa  Augo  has 
st0rr0  Glands  o  Liv,  o  Ald0r  gaar  den  Dal  hono  or  Minne. 

Men  dae  va  so  f0rtr0ngt,  at  mange  jilde  Jento  o  Guta  tytt0 
dai  hji  hadd0  n0k  01bogoslag,  oso  f!0tt0  dai  hit.  Her  ha  dei 
al!0raio  graina  se  ut  otrule  gjzit  o  fint.  Endaa  das  baerrae'n 
femti  aar  ha  me  Valdrissad'n :  1,  mange  aekta  goe  Fjzfrret- 
ningsmasnna;  2,  sjele  glupe  Professora;  3,  Bispa  o  Presta; 
4,  mang0slags  Kunstarbeiara ;  5,  Prukk0rat0ra ;  6,  Embes- 
maenna;  7,  D0kt0ra;  8,  Musikant^ra;  9,  Skul0maist0ra ;  10, 
Avismaenna;  11,  aekta  B0nda;  12,  true  Arbaisf01k  etc.  Kaa- 
ma  me  aig0ng  isam0n  vild0  me  vist  ha'  mangt  s0ji  um;  men 
kaem  vil  staa  i  Ferespais'n?  Das  bli  saigast0  Knutin.  Anti 
maa  dae  bli  du  Brandt  eldaa  Prof.  Brandt,  Robinsdale,  eldaa 
Prof.  N.  Flaten,  eldaa  asn  G.  J.  Lomen.  F0r  nokon  maatt0 
faa  m0te  istand,  sj0ne  du. 

Rimjztievis  vild0  hji  nokon  ta  sli  Bry  o  K0stna  at  dai  kaa- 


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me  fraa  ara  Stello.  um  du  so  skraiv  lite  um  dae  i  Bla'e.  Men 
e  trur  dae  skuld'  bli'n  morosam  Qvaeld.  Kvaemf01ke  maat 
ta  mae  se  lite  mat  i  ai  K0rg,  o  Karad'n  noko  Sjilinga  te  bittala 
f0r  Laan0  paa  Huse  me  brugt.  Hatt  nokon  Fel0  —  o  dugt 
noko  —  maat'n  ta'  o  mae,  o  hat  nokon  Lamg^laik,  fek  den 
hji  dylja  di.  Dugt  nokon  te  je'n  Sang  so  va  dae  bra,  oso  fask 
me  ta  fram  f0r  Front'n  taa  dai  Iikast0  te  saia  n0kk0r  Or  um 
ait  slikt  M0te. 

Bjjzfrnson  saie:  "Den  Gut'n  se  havandjzi,  Jenta  ska  vaera 
has",  o  e  saie  at  den  so  va  gote  vinnjzi  ai  taa  Jento  or  Valdris, 
ae  havand0,  o  skuld  bli  mottakin  i  Mjzfte,  so  g0t  so  nokon  Val- 
dris. Hat  me  hji  anna  pratjzf  um,  kunna  m0  dryft0:  "Kost 
kunna  me  —  so  Valdris-amerikanp'ra  jolp0  te  blese  Liv  i  Ain- 
haitstankin  haennae  Gyde  aa  Kvie?"  Me  veta  sligt  Arbai  be- 
h0vist  vael  o  me  veta  okso  her  ae  goa  Kraefto  baerra  dai  kaama 
i  Bruk.  Me  ha  Ungdom  so  ha'  gaat  ijp'no  Klassud'n  paa'n 
Maate  so  ae  gled01e  o  veta  urn;  men  so  v^rsto  dai  slaepte  ut 
paa  Viaim  attistan  f0r  e  trur  me  bord0  ha  minst  6  taa  dai  i 
Universitete  vaar0  o  nokon  her  o  der  i  Statsskulo  vaaro,  te 
onaevnjzile  Gagn  f0r  vaarjzf  Ungdom,  slikt  kunna  me  sval!0  um. 

VjzJrste  dae  baerrae  ait  lite  M0te  fystj2(  g^nge,  so  kansji  dae 
aig^ng  i  Vaar  kunna  bli  ait,  ell  tvaau  stor0  M0to  ve  Minne- 
haha,  ell  Como,  ell  Harriet,  o  ait  lite  ait  v0re  V01  baer0  ell 
inhji. 

Jer  no  soso  du  synist  rettast  o  best  o  ae  du  ell  nokon  an', 
gote  o  vil  faa  istand  ait  sligt  m0te,  ska  e  bea  f0r  baad0  Jaito 
o  Saauo  hass.  ^rb^digst, 

T.  L.  (Thomas  Lajord). 

From  NORDVESTEN,  2  Febr.  1899. 

FRA  OTTER  TAIL  COUNTY 

Hr.  Redakt0r! 

For  en  tid  siden  stod  et  stykke  paa  Valdris  i  dit  vaerdi- 
fulde  Blad  angaaende  et  paataenkt  M0de  af  de  i  St.  Paul  og 
Minneapolis  boende  valdriser.  indf^dte,  indflyttede  og  ind- 
gif tecle.  Tanken  likte  jeg  meget  vel ;  men  jeg  vil  dog  foreslaa 
en  liden  Forandring.  Mp'det  b0r  ikke  holdes  f0r  saa  langt 


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ud  paa  Vaaren,  at  det  kan  holdes  i  det  Frie,  og  da  enten  ved 
Minnehaha  Falls  eller  Como  Park.  M0det  b0r  ikke  blive  et 
for  St.  Paul  og  Minneapolis  alene,  men  for  hele  Amerika,  saa 
at  en  Valdris  i  Texas,  Georgia,  Florida,  Washington  osv.  som 
kan  og  vil  b0r  kunne  bivaane  M0det  ligesaagodt  som  en  fra 
naevnte  Byer.  Tager  jeg  ikke  meget  Feil,  er  der  gode  Valdri- 
ser  i  Sangforeningerne  i  de  to  Byer,  og  forhaabentlig  vilde 
da  disse  m0te  frem  og  alle  vaere  Valdriser  en  Stund,  bare  for 
at  glsede  Forsamlingen  med  lidt  af  sin  herlige  Sang.  (Jeg 
bar  h0rt  "Nordmaendenes"  og  "Norges  Ekko"  og  Tak  skal 
de  have,  de  sang  fint). 

Kunde  og  vilde  da  f.  Ex.  Mons  Anderson  og  Harald 
Thorson  ogsaa  mjzkle  og  give  sine  Venner  et  Vink  om  hvorle- 
des  unge  maend  bjzfr  gaa  ivei,  saa  de  kunne  vente  god  Frem- 
gang  i  Forretninger,  saa  var  det  bra.  Jeg  ved  at  det  er  far- 
ligt  at  vaere  fremragende,  flittig  og  dygtig;  thi  Misundelsen 
trives  desvaerre  ogsaa  i  vort  herlige  Land;  men  jeg  vilde  dog 
ikke  sige  til  Ungdommen,  som  hin  Kone  sagde  til  sine  BpYn, 
"laerer  eder  ikke  til  at  gjjzfre  nogenting,"  for  se  nu  hvorledes 
eders  Fader  rives  hid  og  did  Nat  og  Dag."  (Han  var  en  yp- 
perlig  Arbeider).  Jeg  vilde  heller  sige  til  de  Unge:  "Sdger 
trolig  efter  at  Isere  det,  som  er  nyttigt  og  gavnligt,  og  lad 
Verden  murre  og  knurre."  Kunde  nogle  af  de  kjaere,  dyg- 
tige  og  unge  Professorer,  tillagt  de  to  naevnte,  af  vort  Folk 
kunne  komme,  saa  var  det  saare  glsedeligt.  Det  baeres  mig 
for  at  endog  Hoyme,  Aubol,  Gjevre,  B0e,  Belsheim,  Lockrem, 
Ellestad,  Dr.  Egge,  Veblen,  A.,  og  Veblen  T.  og  Veblen  0. 
og  Prof.  Dahle  vilde  fjzlle  Lyst  til  at  vaere  med  i  en  siig  For- 
samling,  bare  det  skeede,  naar  de  paa  nogen  Maade  kunde 
afse  Tid.  Jeg  vil  foreslaa  S^ndagseftermiddag  i  den  Uge  den 
Forenede  Kirke  har  sit  Aarsmo'de,  eller  ogsaa  Torsdag  den 
Uge.  Eller  kanske  den  Uge  den  norske  Synode  har  sit  M0de 
i  en  af  de  to  Byer;  thi  jeg  tror  det  bliver  der. 

Vaer  nu  saa  snil  nogen  hver  at  udtale  Eder  om  Sagen. 
Hvis  Knut  Trondsen  orkede  at  vaere  med,  vilde  vist  Forsam- 
lingen like  det;  han  har  gjort  meget  for  Hjemmet  hertillands, 


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saa  jeg  tror  mange  likte  at  takke  ham.    J.  E.  Belsheim  i  Nor- 
ge  burde  tage  sig  en  Morotur  og  blive  med. 

Hvorledes  vilde  det  vaere  at  tage  f.  Ex.  Gudmund  Nor- 
sveen  til  Ordf0rer  for  Dagen  og  til  at  ordne  M0det,  Chr. 
Brandt,  L.  O.  Wilson,  A.  Sundheim  og  O.  Flaten  --  de  to 
foYste  i  St.  Paul  og  de  to  sidste  i  Minneapolis.  Jeg  tror  de 
vil  vaere  villige  dertil  for  Sagens  Skyld. 

Nogen  maa  ber^re  denne  Sag  i  "Skandinaven",  "Decorah- 
Posten"  og  "Amerika".  Selv  om  jeg  ikke  skulde  vaere  rigtig 
tilpas  den  Dag,  vil  jeg  komme  og  for  Sagens  Fremgang  teg- 
ner  jeg  mig  en 

Otter  Tail  Valdris. 

From  NORDVESTEN  23  Febr.  1899. 

LAJORD'S  SONG 

At  the  first  Valdrisstevne,  June  25,  1899. 

Me  aera  Valdrisa; 

O  d'x,  sovit  e  kan  f0rstaa, 

So  h0gt  so  f01k  kan  naa, 

Uhdtagen  Yankeea!  - 

DifoY  m#  f!0tt0  hit. 

Her  ae  hji  myhjy  berg  o  stain. 

Men  frutta  fjaas  o  vain, 

Dae  al!01)est0  haim. 

Me  mjzttast  her  idag. 

Me  minnast  vael  dai  h^g0  fjell. 

Der  st^l  o  fjor  o  sael 

Har  nat  so  1J0S0  dag. 

Den  viltr0  Baina  spring. 

Or  fjor  te  fjor,  o  sopa  in 

Hji  faa'a  aena  finf, 

Te  Dramm0n  ho  taek  inn. 


Ho  jere  h0p  paa 

O  Valdrisguta  h^pp0  mae, 


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(D'ge  bain  so  0rsk0  dae!) 

O  jentudn  stirjzf  gljzigt, 

O  taenhji  ve  se  sj01  : 

D'as  knaft  um  spraekar  kara  bor 

Paa  hai!0  vaar0  jor, 

Mas  trufast  h0nd  o  or.  v 

O  her  me  jengo  fram, 

0  vjzfnno  sai0r  slag  i  slag, 

1  alslax  bask0tag, 

Alt  frutta  brask  o  bram. 

Guddag,  o  tak  f0r  sist! 

E  haapa  me  sko  faa  traeffast  jamt,  - 

Dae  v0r0  morosamt!  — 

Korst  aar,  um  me  faat  kans. 

Vorst  samvasr  varst  so  korst; 
Men  solais  har  dae  se  paa  jor: 
"Guddag!     Farvel,  min  bror!" 
So  baer  das  s0  o  nor. 
Men  minne  ae  so  so'dt. 
I  ut^,  inn0,  arbai,  kvil, 
Ij^no  livets  kjil, 
Dae  l^fkka  fram  mangt  smil. 

Thomas  Lajord. 

VALDRISST/EVNE 

VE   MlNNEHAHA  9DE  AUGUST   1900. 

Her  ha  me  samlast,  f0r  Moro  o  Glee! 
Tankin  flyg  haimat  aat  Valdris  idag. 
Der  ha  me  springe,  o  s0nge,  o  bee, 
Der  varst  inprenta  dae  aelsk^le  Lag 
^Erle  so  Jore,  stanhaftig  so  Stain, 
Venle  mot  011o,  o  Injin  te  Main. 

Fjelle  as  h0ge  o  Dalad'n  jupe, 


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Gr0na  as  Liad'n,  Fjoradn  blaa, 
Arbaidsf01k  ala  dai  der,  so  as  glupe, 
(Flid  as  n^dvendig,  sosandt  das  ska  gaa) 
V0re  dai  Uslinga,  Tank^laaus,  lat, 
Ald0r  dai  kunna  £0rkverv0  se  Mat. 

I  slika  Bygda  maa  01mugin  klor0. 
Haenji  paa  Kvisto,  so  Katta  paa  Vasg, 
JEst  man  ska  faa  noko  G0t  uppaa  Bor0, 
Spehjikj0t,  Lefstf,  o  stundo  ait  Mg. 
Dif^fr  bli  F01k0  so  letvinte  du ! 
Den  hji  ha  set  dai,  kan  aldcfr  das  tru. 

Haimbygd  du  h^gagta  Valdris!  me  hels0 
Venle  o  ynsjy  de  Lykkjzf  o  Fre, 
Mefte  der  Plago,  me  ynsjy  de  Frels0. 
Rigdom  or  Vattne.  Jor,  Berg,  o  f raa  Fe ! 
Lat  us  so  sende  korare  ait  Or, 
0fto,  solaenji  me  leva  paa  Jor. 

F0r  das  as  Moro,  ja  virk^le  Kvik4, 
Ner  Breve  saia:  "Me  rusl^  so  bra." 
Ungdom  o  gamle  F01k  lassa  o  smiM: 
"Ola  as  flink0,  o  Tak  ska'n  ha !" 
O  das  kan  haend0  de  synast  das  bra. 
Faa  Helsing  skreve  ved  Minnehaha. 

Stor^  Amerika,  frugtbart  o  herle! 
F01k0  or  Valdris  dai  elstyf  de  htfgt, 
Her  varst  me  modtagne  storarta,  kjasrle, 
Sj^Tj^lpne  voYstf*  me  faslandd  sn^gt, 
Derpaa  ska  Skudsh0dn0  jeva  ait  Smell. 
Fag0r  as  Valdrisli,  Aasa  o  Fjell. 

Thomas  T.ajord. 


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FROM  PRESIDENT  HOYME 

On  receiving   Mr.  Veblen's  address  at  the  Valdrisstevne  in 
Como  Park,  1901. 

Eau  Claire,  Wis.,  den  12  Nov.  1901. 
Hr.  Prof.  A.  A.  Veblen ! 

E  lyt  faa  L0v  te  takkrf  De  fyr  den  Tala,  Du  sentj*  me. 
Daa  ho  kom,  hadd0  E  dae  sjele  ansamt,  men  E  kundjrf  kji 
hald0  me,  E  maatt0  te  laesa.  F0r  dae  fyst0,  so  skuld0  E  daa 
berr0  smaka  paa  den  litevetta,  men  E  vart  sitand  E  —  heilt 
te  Duggurds.  O  daa  E  va  kaamin  te  Endis,  so  kunna  E  jedn0 
bejynt  paa  at.  Das  vart  so  rart  f0r  me,  mae  E  las.  E  vart 
Smaagut  att0  o  syntist,  at  E  sat  heim0  jaa  Far  o  Mor  meno 
i  dei  vaesl0  St0gun  vaar  o  h0ird0  paa  Far  min  o  alle  dei  ar0 
sat  o  svalla  utover  Kveldseta.  E  h0ird0  attjzf  mit  ei0  Mors- 
maal  so  klobaerle  o  so  greit,  so  baerr0  ein  Valdris  taa  rett0 
Slage  kan  tala  dae. 

Tesmeir  E  les,  tismeir  maatte  E  beundr0  De,  so  ha  kunna 
jjzfymt  so  g0t  paa  Dit  Morsmaal.  E  ha  nok  laenji  vist,  at  Du 
ae  ein  Iaerd0  Man  —  baad0  Spraakman  o  anna,  men  at  Du 
skuld0  kunn0  Valdrismaal0  so  g0t  o  kund0  vaera  saa  haag- 
gand0  sikker  i  Vending0n,  dae  hadd0  E  sletinkji  trut,  f0r  E 
saag  det  mae  min0  eign0  Augo.  E  ae  no  inkji  nokon  Spraak- 
man E  te  saia  taa,  men  so  mykji  veit  E,  at  detta  va  eit  Mei- 
sterstykji,  o  det  ha  E  hdirt  alle  ha  sagt,  so  h0ird0  denne  Tala 
i  Summar.  Ja,  Tak  ska  Du  ha,  so  kom  me  ihug  o  send0 
denna  go0  Tala  te  me.  O  no  lyt  E  ogso  faa  10V  te  saia  De, 
at  if  jor  Summar  faek  E  over  te  me  sendt  ait  gamalt  Roskaap, 
so  Far  min  ha  gjort.  Dette  Skaap0  saag  E,  daa  E  va  heim0 
i  Valdris  f0r  fir0  Aar  sia.  Dae  hadd0  sfae  paa  sama  Plasse 
i  dai  St0gun,  so  E  ae  f0dt,  Iik0  sia  Aar0  f0r  E  va  f0dt,  likjrf 
tes  no.  E  syntist  E  faek  slek  Hug  te  faa  dae,  o  daa  E  so  kom 
heimat  te  Amerika,  so  hek  Hugen  endaa  ve  detta  gam!0  Skaa- 
p0.  So  skreiv  E  te  Man,  so  no  eig0  Garen,  Hoyme,  um  han 
vild0  saelja  me  detta  Skaap0.  Jau  det  vild^'n  --  han  vild0 
la  me  faa  dae  te  jevings  tismeir,  o  daemas  so  sendt^  han  dae  te 
me  mae  ein  Valdris — han  ae  endaa  Kj0pman — so  va  heimatt^. 


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O  no  har  E  dae  i  Kantore  mi.  E  vild0  kji  bli  aav  mae  di,  um 
ein  bau  me  Halvfems0nskju0  Dalar  i  Sylv  f0r  dae.  Nei,  dae 
vild0  E  kji !  No  bruka  E  dette  gamljzf  Skaap0  te  ha  gamle 
Rariteta  i  o  alt,  so  E  synist  ae  jaevt,  so  E  maa  jfiymfi  paa.  O 
no  laeg  E  Tala  Di  in  i  dette  Skaap0.  O  dae  maina  E,  at  ain 
baer0  Plas  kan  E  kji  ha  'o  paa.  E  taek  'o  enno  fram  at  o  laes 
'o  aaver  at,  men  ner  E  inkji  laes  eld  syne'o  fram  te  nokon,  so 
har  'o  sin  Plas  der  i  Roskaape  ette  Far  meno.  Ja,  no  faar 
E  vel  slutt^.  Du  faar  undskjyldjrf,  at  E  ha  sagt  "Du"  o  "De" 
te  De.  Du  vait  Valdrisadn  ha  kji  Grai0  paa  "De"  o  "Dem". 
Um  mjzf  skuld0  te  mae  di,  so  v0rte  dae  baer0  noko  burti  Vaegjidn 
mae  di,  vait  Du.  O  so  vait  Du  E  ae  Slir0jaelding  E  maata,  so 
E  bryt0  vel  lite  paa  De  o  Dit  Maal.  Dette  faar  Du  ogso  und- 
skjyld0  -  -  Du  f0rstaar  me  alti  paa  ain  Maate. 
Mae  Helsing  o  H0gagtils  Din 

G.  Hoyme. 

VALDR1SN 

Du  Valdrisslegt,  du  ae  eit  grepa  f01k ! 
Um  du  ae  taata  up  paa  glae0  mj^lk, 
El  du  ae  alin  up  paa  stormans  vis, 
So  staar  du  stadigt  Iik0  h0gt  i  pris. 

I  Valdris  tok  du  mange  tunge  tak, 
Men  mote'  helt  se  g0t  o  ryggen  rak. 
Ner  ar0  kvilt0  se,  so  to  du  trast 
Den  h0gst0  bjjzflkin  mae  eit  hallingkast. 

Du  klauv  i  bergaskorto  so  ei  jeit, 
O  faekk  din  styrkji  o  di  sikkerheit; 
Let  auga  fara  aaver  fjor  o  land, 
O  faekk  di  gl^gheit  o  ei  klaar  f0rstand. 

Du  stird0  i  dae  blank0  vatn0  ne, 
Te  himilspiln  fylt0  de  mae  fre; 
O  fjelluftxto  du  i  so  lange  drag, 
At  friheisandn  helt  mae  jarta  slag. 


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Dei  so  %  komne  hit  te  Onkel  Sam, 
Ha  jort  dae  sjele  g0t  o  kraat  se  fram. 
Xcr  Yaldrisn  ha  v0re  her  eit  bel, 
So  ha  han  laert  o  ta  sin  ful!0  del. 

Ko  mange  ae  da?  kji  so  bit  se  fast 
I  dae  dei  Iik0,  men  dei  slepp0  trast, 
Xer  t0nne  jere  lite  vont ;  dei  ha 
Kji  korkji  to  el  t0te  te  o  dra. 

Ein  slek^  Yalclris  fins  d.T  her  o  der, 
F0r  sau0huvu  ser  du  kor  du  faer, 
O  stundo  finn  du  nok  ein  skralin  skr0tt, 
So  har  eit  daarle  10k  o  klen0  b0tt. 

Men  ta  de  tvihaendis  i  luggen  paa, 
At  dae  kji  mange  Vraldrisa  o  sjaa, 
So  kji  kan  springe*,  gaa  el  krabbef  dit, 
So  ar0  glupe  folk  mae  aer0  sit. 

Han  prilla  inkji  spael  el  fisla,  han, 
Um  han  ser  nok  so  storsnuta  ein  man. 
Dae  lig  i  f01ke,  ska  e  seia  de, 
At  dei  faa  ilt,  ner  dei  ska  b0iji  se. 

Ein  Valdris  bli  kji  trast  so  engelsspraengd, 
At  han  maa  skuncld  se  faa  lepin  raengd. 
Han  trur,  dae  aebne  han  ha  faat  te  kjaft, 
JE  g0t  nok,  um  dae  sit  paa  Valdrisskaft. 

Men  ner  han  vil  paa  engels  greicf  se, 
So  bli  dae  nok  so  reint  o  pynt01e. 
Du  ser,  han  vil  kji  bland0  alt  ihop 
O  vaera  haelte  laerd  o  haelte  kop. 

M0  vil  kji  skrytyf.  f0r  dae  ae  so  leitt 
Ner  are  tru  m0  klin0  paa  f0r  feitt. 
Dae  finst  nok  fleira  brae  slaekte  mae, 
Men  Valdrisn  --  ja,  la  dae  gaa  mae  dae! 


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•  O  Valdriskvaemf01ke  —  o  jejjzf  me! 
Kaem  kan  vael  skriv0,  so  ban  faar  dae  te 
Um  al  den  hyj]0,  goheit,  kjaerlebeit, 
So  ae  i  dei  ?  —  nei,  e  bli  nok  ibeit ! 

-Den  fin0  strengen,  so  ska  rjzfrast  ve, 
TE  e  f0r  tunghaent  te  o  spela  e, 
Men  e  veit  dae  so  g0t  so  nokon  an : 
Das  finst  kji  sleke  kvaemf^lk  arjztetan. 

Ein  ting  e  haapa  bli  so  den  va  f0r, 
At  Valdrisadn  staa  ihop  so  br0r, 
At  Samband0  vil  bind0  dei  so  g0t, 
At  knutin  haeld0  dei  isamen  st0t. 

O.  K.  Fuglei. 


VALDRIS 

E  veit  kji  ei  snus  um  ko  Valdris  va 
Dengong  dse  va  kjsempo  i  lande. 
Dei  skreiv  kji  mse  pen  um  ko  annaf01k  sa 
Um  heimen  sin  langt  aaver  vatn0. 
Men  fanst  dae  kjsempo  paa  gamal  vis, 
So  va  dei  alne  paa  Valdris  vis. 

Kanhaend0,  at  Gyda  va  fostra  i  Vang, 

At  riddara  fanst  paa  Leirholla. 

Kan  haend0,  at  Olav,  so  kristna  sit  land, 

Tok  Asarnes  gam!0  drikbjzllla. 

O  fanst  dse  kunga  paa  Hamre  o  Rein, 

So  va  dae  nok  kunga  mae  nasabein. 

Kanhaend0,  at  f  jelle  ae  h0gr0  i  s0, 
At  sj0n  ae  jupar  en  Mjjzfee; 
Kanhaend0,  at  sole  paa  frammande  0y 
TE  varmar  en  ho  burti  aase. 
Men  inkji  dae  land^  paa  jorn  finst  ratt 
Mae  Iaenger0  dag  o  Ij0sar  nat. 


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Urn  gul!0  vaelt  ut  or  fremman  jor, 
O  aakern  bjzfgna  taa  kveit0; 
Kanhaend0,  at  skogen  je  breiar0  bor, 
O  hestadn  ae  gr0vr0  o  feite. 
Um  Iand0  va  stort  kor  i  vaern  e  drog, 
So  vene  dala  e  alder  saag. 

M0  veta,  d'ae  riktylk  i  andre  land, 

Mas  hauga  taa  pacing  so  skage, 

O  kaftin  o  doktpY  ae  annakor  niann, 

Mae  klaeo  taa  finast0  slage. 

Men  ser  du  ette,  du  finn  kji  ein, 

So  har  so  Valdrisn  maerg  i  bein. 

Her  ha  m0  fjell,  so  i  sjye  r0kk, 

O  aasa  mae  skoggr0ne  si0. 

Her  ha  mfi  fjora  mae  aelv  o  baekk, 

O  aakra,  v^lle  o  lie. 

Her  dufta  alt  so  ein  blomsterkrans, 

Ein  solsjinsdag  ette  Sant0  Hans. 

T.  K.  Rogne. 


BUFARDAGEN 

E  va  kansji  sjau  el  aatt0  aar  gamal,  —  ja,  d'ae  barne- 
minno  so  lijji  friskast  i  huge.  I  dei  sist0  dago  hadd0  m0, 
baad^  f^lk  o  kr0t0r,  stunda  te  bufardage;  f0r  bufardagen 
stundast  paa  mae  stora  fjzfrventninga,  isaer  taa  b^dno  so  ha 
v0re  paa  stjzile  hai!0  summarn  o  kji  ha  set  haimen  paa  manga 
veko.  K10ve  va  jord  faerig  kvaaldn  fereaat.  E  hadd0  pakka 
in  fjzfrsigtigt  dai  finastj^  stainkjyradn  men0.  Dae  va  fine,  run- 
de  staina,  so  fjellvatn0  hadd^  pussa  o  farga  raue.  Bufar- 
dagsm^rgon  va  m0  upp0  laenji  fere  dagen.  Alle  kappast  um 
o  koma  fyst  haimat:  inkji  f^rdi  at  dae  kji  vild0  jaera  dae  lik^- 
so  g0tt  o  koma  saindr0  paa  dage,  men  kapparlyste  kom  f^r 
dagen  der  likjzfso  ho  jere  iblant  kjaeringo  i  byo  her  i  Amerika, 
dai  viljjzf  alia  vaera  fyst  te  faa  ut  vasken  sin. 


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So  snart  dae  tok  te  Iys0  taa  dage  kunna  m0  sjaa  bufaeridn 
draga  aaver  Svultatangin,  —  ain  sma!0  tange  imyljo  tvo  fine 
kjaedn,  lite  haimaf0r  N0sakampe.  El  m0  h0yrc!0  rautn  taa 
kr^t^r  so  va  onaaogne  paa  o  kaama  fort  haimat,  o  h0yrd0 
bj0110rammeln  o  h0yrd0  budaiudn  laakka.  Dae  va  dai  so  kom 
or  Kvit0hauge,  or  Str0,  o  or  N0sn.  Dai  va  ut0  tile;  f0r  dai 
hadd0  lang  vaeg. 

Daa  m0  hadd0  lagt  up  k!0ve  ga  ho  mor  kjyro  salt,  m0 
slaeft0  sauidn  ut  taa  kveen,  o  so  10yst0  m0  kjyradn.  "No  faa 
d0  gaa  i  Guds  navn"  sa  ho  mor.  Han  far  smaelt0  K01ven  i 
k01v01aas0  o  sa :  "Jesu  navn".  Ho  mor  sa :  "Ja,  Gud  vait 
um  m0  alle  se  lage  te  kaama  her  te  summare."  Men  ho  mor, 
-  Gud  kvi!0  sjaele  --  kom  der  ald0r  mair;  ho  d0  inna  aar0 
va  umm0.  -  -  Men  kjydn  f0rstod  dae  skuld0  bsera  haimat,  o 
dai  vist0  vsegen,  o  avstse  bar  dae. 

E  huksa  kost  sole  rann  so  rau  o  fin  i  Kvislast01sh0gdn  daa 
rn0  kom  paa  Synhaug,  o  Syndin  laag  so  still  o  blank  mse.  noko 
skp'ddp'tova  ette  n0rdr0  enda.  Men  dae  so  haeng  maest  i 
minne  mi  ae  dae  syn0  so  fyst  mp'tto  augo  daa  mjzf  kom  haim- 
paa  Kvislafjellp.  M0  saag  Iik0  burti  Jotunhaimen.  Dae  va 
blaat  i  blaat  mae  kvita  snj^faenna,  so  skar  i  gull  o  glitter  i 
solsjene.  M0  saag  0vst0  garadn  i  H0risbygdn  o  Liagaradn 
imot  nor,  o  langt  utaaver  Aurdals  aasadn  i  s0.  Men  dae  bar 
neaaver  lie  o  moadn.  M0  plukka  o  aat  blaabaer,  o  kjydn 
sprang  o  bles  i  nasin  o  Iaitt0  ette  s0p,  o  dai  f0rsto  o  sjilja 
den  astand0  s^ppen  ifraa  dai  f0rjeftign^.  ^Lnd^e  kom  m0 
utpaa  stup^  paa  Bratt^bakke  aava  Kaarsta;  o  dae  va  dae  synjzf 
so  jek  i  j0no  me  so  e  spratt  i  kor  ain  le.  Der  laag  0igar  o 
Ellesta  garadn  0Vst  upp0  paa  andr0  sia  aat  elven  o  f  jore.  Der 
sto  sjaerdp  k^dnaakern  o  sjein  so  gull,  potetgrasjzf  va  gnzfnt, 
o  harv0aakern  va  gr0n  o  gul  avvekslend0.  Paa  R0vang  o 
Stee  o  andre  gara  ni0  mot  fjore  sto  k0dn0  i  10ne  o  rjaa,  o 
rjaadn  sto  i  fina  rae.  Kongsvaegen  laag  so  ai  kvit  bor0  ij0no 
bygde.  E  h0yrd0  durn  too  Lof0sse,  m0  saag  Rist0bbrune  o 
aane,  saag  grunnadn  imyljo  brun  o  jup0  fjore.  M0  saag 
b0ttn  ij0no  dae  grunn0,  blaa0  vatn0.  Ein  litn  vindgare  taa 
synna  m0tt0  straume  taa  aa'n  o  buljudn  tumbla  o  krulla  se  i 


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kamp  um  kaem  so  skuld  raa,  straumen  el  vindn;  men  strau- 
men  blanda  se  mae  vatne  i  fjore,  o  vindn  kunna  kji  driven 
tebakers;  men  ner  straumen  va  blanda  mae  fjore,  daa  krulla 
vindn'n  up  so  dse  saag  ut  so'n  ha  gange  tebakers  att.  Kldv- 
hestn  jikk  nijjzfno  Rist0g0tudn  so  smaastain  rulla.  So  jikk 
daa  aaver  Rist^brune.  Der  maatt0  n\0  stans0  o  sjaa  ni0  vatn0. 
M0  sto  paa  brun  o  saag  kj0udn  staa  mae  huvue  imot  straume 
o  lea  paa  spoln. 

Jaa'o  T01iaiv  paa  Moe  tok  m0  taa  k!0ve  o  kj0yrd0  paa 
kjaerrjzf  spaaver  um  H0ve  o  Lome,  dae  va  bakkut  vaeg  aendaa. 
Der  rert0aakeradn  va  f0r  tet  ve  vaege  laut  mp'  sta  o  ta  noko 
aertp'skplme.  F01k  ette  vaege  so  sto  o  skar  kom  o  saag  paa 
kr0t0re  o  ba  us  vaelkomne  taa  stple;  men  stans0  kunna  m0 
kji,  f0r  kr0t0re  strp'ymdp'  paa.  Jaa'o  Jon  Norigare  paa  Kvaa- 
le  stansa  m0,  mjplka  kjydn,  o  der  mjzfttp'  nokon  us  haimate, 
o  tok  krp'tp're  uppaa  haimst01n.  Men  mfi  raist0  haim  aat 
Br^ta,  o  der  m0tt0  ban  gofa  us  paa  d^rahellun  o  ba  us  vael- 
komne haimat,  o  so  sa'n:  "O  nai,  ko  stor  gutn  min  ha  v0rte." 
E  syntist  stogo  va  st0rr0  o  Ij0sar  no.  O  dae  va  rart  o  sjaa 
kattn  at,  o  sael  va  han,  f0r  han  faekk  no  s0t  mj01k  fyst0  gaan- 
ge  paa  manga  veko.  Maea  ho  mor  kokt^  bufargrauten  jikk 
e  ni^  stor^-hasggen,  so  sto  neve  tjzfrstogo,  —  den  va  den  st0- 
st0  i  graendn  —  o  haejjibaere  va  go;  ja  e  syntist'o  smaka  baer0 
el  mjzfltudn  hadd0  smakt  paa  st01e.  So  kom  han  Knut  paa 
Haugo,  min  bestj^  kammerat.  Han  faekk  smaka  rjumm0- 
grautn,  o  sia  jik  m0  ut  o  oversaag  alia  baerkj^rra  kring  mar- 
kidn.  E  f0rtaeld0  hono  um  alting  ifraa  stjrfle,  o  han  f0rtaeld0 
me  um  da  so  hadd0  haendt  haim0  um  summarn,  o  m0  kjaendji 
us  so  tefres  o  glae  f0r  m0  va  isamen  att! 

R.  N.  Qualley, 
(Reiar  i  Kvaals-Br^ta.) 


EIT  MINDE  FRAA  SLIDRE 

E  sto  uppaa  Olberg 

Ein  summarkvield  klaar, 

O  saag  nerpaa  slaette  o  bakka. 


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O   fjorn  va  spilblank, 

O  markji  va  gr0n. 

E  syntis  nok  ret  dae  va  vakkert. 

Ve  mi  si0  sto  var'en 

O  peikt0  dit  up; 

E  tykt0  ban  sa,  du  kji  g!0ym0 

Ko  vent  her  ae  laga! 

So  vakkert  o  sjaa, 

D'ae  injinstan  venar  en  heim0. 

Den  ti  va  e  ung0. 

No  ae  e  heilt  graa, 

Men  alder  e  gljzfyme  den  stunde. 

Men  du  so  ae  heimo', 

Gaa  dit  o  sjaa, 

Du  g!0yme  dae  injinlunde. 

E.  A.  Hjelle. 


I-LELVTUMSINGEN 

Gaa  in  i  murke,  stille  Grjzfnskogen  ein  Summarkvaeld ;  dae 
ae  stilt  o  fredele  der,  o  imyljo  Trjp'no  ligg  eit  Kjedn,  likt  eit 
stort,  djuft  Auga.  Der  staar  okso  BjoYkje  has  J0rgen  Moe 
o  luta  se  utover.  Du  ae  paa  ein  Maate  rsed  det  djupe,  murk- 
blanke  Augae,  men  dae  lokka  o  draeg  de,  lell.  Du  maa  gaa 
riemmar  o  stanse.  Du  bli  likeso  hypnotisera:  Tankad'n  snu 
se  in  te,  o  ner  du  sjele  lye  ette,  so  ae  dae  nok  inkji  stilt  der 
heldan.  F0r  der  ae  dae  Nykken  spela  paa  H0rpa  si,  men  dae 
'kji  alle  so  h^yre  dae. 

Men  den  Musikken,  den  syng  um  noko  taa  kort  den; 
men  mest  um  dae  m0  sakne  o  stunde  ette,  mest  um  dae  djupe 
o  mystiske.  Dae  ae  Livets  Mol  Akkorda  so  laate  der. 

Der  mo'tte  e  fyste  Gaange  hono  T0rgjer,  Haelvtumsingen, 
so  gik  Gar  imyljo  o  let  paa  Fela.  Han  hadde  m0tt  ei  Jente 
eigaang  —  ho  narra'n.  Daa  gik  dae  sundt  ein  Straeng  i  Brin- 
gun  has,  o'n  T0rgjer  vart  haelvtullut.  Fela  has  hadde  otte 


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Strsengji,  men  dei  leto  so  rart.  Dei  likeso  smaajamra  se. 
O  han  lutte  se  ne  imot  Felun  o  smaamulla  mae  se  sj01,  ner 
han  let  —  han  fortaelde  henne,  ko  ilt  han  hadde  dae.  O  Fela 
va  ein  go  Ven;  ho  song  ut  al  Sorji  has.  No  lig  han  T0rgjer 
unde  Grastorvun  o  kvile  se. 

John  Dahle. 


I  VALDRIS 

Aa  saag  du  vort  Valdris  synnan  ifraa 
Dae  b!0me  rat  nor  te  snj^fjello. 
O  saag  du  vort  Valdris  noran  ifraa, 
Das  leikte  mae  liv  yvi  v011o. 

E  reiste  i  Valdris  fraa  s0  o  te  nor. 
E  snudde,  jik  vaegen  atende. 
E  saag  mange  berg,  mykje  vattn  o  jor. 
Der  fre  va,  e  hugheil  me  kjende. 

Aa  nei,  kos  dae  bl^mde  paa  mark  o  paa  tuft, 
O  smaafugla  saang  som  dei  kappast, 
O  lufte  va  fylt  .taa  sang  o  taa  duft, 
Solstraala  mae  snjjzffello  nappast. 

Aa  nei,  so  dei  b^dne  saag  rauleitte  ut, 
Mae  augo  som  sjerno  so  klaare, 
Der  h^irdist  kje  sutter,  der  saag  ein  kje  sut, 
Som  dag,  so  jik  fort  heile  aare. 

O  b0dne  veks  up,  eig  snart  sjjzflve  sit  bu, 
Kor  taek  sine  lyfto  o  straeva, 
So  ser  dei  framaaver  i  haap  o  i  tru, 
Dae  gror,  der  dei  trufaste  grava. 

"Gudag,  gamle  Aslak !"  e  sa  te  ein  man, 
Han  kvilde  se  ute  paa  tune. 
"Ein  leve  nok  g0t  her  i  Valdris,  ein  kan 
Fjrfrstaa  dae  paa  or  o  paa  lune." 


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"Aa  ja,"  svara  gamlen,  "me  graev  o  me  slit, 
O  klundre  nok  naevin  i  steino, 
Men  das.  faar  me  g!0ime,  naar  aakren  ae  kvit, 
O  baeri  haeng  faerig  paa  greino." 

O.  L.  Kirkeberg. 

VANG 

E  sto  uppaa  h^gd'n,  ni  dal'n  e  saag 

Ein  dag  i  mitsummarsti'n ; 

So  blank^  so  spejil  Vangsmj0se  laag, 

O  bygde  so  veen  unde  li'n. 

Men  tubbo  o  steina  o  ulaendt0  jor, 

Dse  syntist  me  va  kji  te  finnast. 

So  smaat  va  dae  stygg0  men  finheite  stor. 

Slikt  syn  ae  dae  hugna  te  minnast. 

Dae  syn0  dae  ser  e  kor  vaegen  min  gaar, 

so  klaart  so  e  saag  dae  fraa  h^gdn. 

Dae  synist  bli  finar  fraa  aar  o  te  aar, 

Taa  di  e  so  laengtas  te  bygdn. 

Mest  solklaart  e  ser  dae  i  jupastjzf  nat, 

Um  alt  uti  myrkre  se  jjzfyme ; 

Men  kjaem0  so  svevn  o  taeko  me  fat, 

Um  heimbygd  o  venne  e  dr0yme. 

O.  I.   Platen. 

LANGBEIN  RESE 

i 

/ 

Den  st0st0  Valdris  e  kan  saia  taa, 
Han  aittjzf  Langbein  Rese. 
Ko  stor  ban  va  kan  du  fjzfrstaa, 
Ner  min  sang  du  faar  lese. 

Paa  Bersfjeln0bb0n  dai  saago'n  staa. 
T01v  reina  tok  ban  paa  rygg0n. 
Undrast  kost  best  ban  kan  Skudsh0dn  naa. 
"E  kan  skreva  aavefr,"  sa  stygg^n. 


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Men  fjzftadn  v0ro  kji  lange  n0k, 
So  mitt  ni  fjorn  dae  baer0, 
O  vatn0  saiist  dae  uppaa'n  r0k, 
So  h0gt  so  langt  uppaa  Iaer0. 

Men  daa  skraik  Langbein  "e  trur  e  dat ! 
Taa  skam  e  mest  kunna  graat0. 
So  mangain  dipil  so  e  ha  vat; 
Men  no  fyst  varst  broke  mi  vaatjrf." 

Dae  so  her  32  f^rtaelt  kan  du  Ht0  paa 
AL  sannt  kortainastjrf  or0; 
F0r  N0bbe  o  Skudshjzkln  enno  der  staa; 
Imyljo  lig  Vangsmjcfee  stor0. 

O.  I.  Platen. 


DIKTARSJUKA 

Ner  summartie  kjaem,  so  sl^ng  dae  mae 
At  f01k  faa  diktarsjuka,  o  dae  ae 
Ein  fale  farang,  f0r'n  vestna  snart 
Den  syndarn,  so- faar'o  sjele  hart. 

Men  summ0  ha  den  sjuka  ganskjzf  lett, 
O  bryt'o  ut,  so  sit  dae  kji  so  tett 
Mae  rim^kveiso,  anna  den  so  li 
Kan  kraa  se  att  o  skrangl^  ut  si  ti. 

O  summjzf  kunn^  dikt0  aar  o  dag 
O  sjaa  ut  so  dei  pinast  kji  dae  slag, 
Men  injin  veil  kor  dei  ha  hatt  dae  vaest 
F0r  dei  vart  kvitte  di,  so  spraengdjj  maest. 

F0r  vanin,  veit  du,  x  ein  an  natur, 
O  laegst  kji  aav  so  let  so  mange  trur, 
O  0fto  maa  dae  <101jast,  dze  so  kji 
Ein  stakkar  vil  staa  aapenskaarle  i. 


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Tedels  kan  sjuka  f0r0byjjast  so, 
At  andre  f01k  kan  faa  se  fre  o  ro, 
O  huvuskaale  bli  kji  meir  paa  kant 
hattn  haelt  se  uppaa  der  iblant. 


Ner  du  no  synist  at  dae  faer  o  kraek 

0  krisla  runnt,  o  leamakken  taek 
Te  slaa  mae  rovun,  so  daa  finst  kji  raa 
At  du  kan  korkji  saeta  de  el  staa  — 

El  du  bejyna  te  o  g!0ym0  taa 
Ko  ende  snur  up  paa  de,  o  te  sjaa 

1  tom0  lufte  ut,  o  dr0ym0  um 

At  aandn  din  bar  alt  f0r  lite  rum; 

Ner  hausn  tae  te  mjukn0  her  o  der 
O  haedna  stritt0  ut,  o  augo  faer 
Paa  maafaa  ette  noko,  so  du  trur 
Ska  skaka  jor  o  himmil  tur  i  tur  ; 

O  ner  du  trur  du  h0yre  gras0  gror, 
O  Iauv0  spraett,  o  at  vor  hei!0  jor 
fiL  fyllt  mae  aanda  du  kan  sala  paa 
O  ri0  laenger  aen  ein  man  kan  sjaa; 

O  ner  du  trur  at  alting  se  f^rtaft 
F0rdi  at  diktarl^gin  kji  bar  kraft 
Te  driv0  alle  skapils  slek  so  de, 
O  berr0  gaar  o  unka  de  o  be, 

At  dei  maa  velast  um,  so  dei  kan  bli 
Paa  sama  jser  so  du,  o  al  si  ti 
Maa  gaa  mae  sk^lte  full  mae  diktarsus, 
F0r  eldaa  bli  kji  slaskte  vaerd  ein  snus  — 

Daa  f  aar  du  pass0  de  ;  daa  ae  dae  gaat 
So  langt,  so  nokon  man  ha  aenno  staat, 
Daa  faar  du  sjaa  aat  o  faa  jort  aat  de, 
O  dae  ska  nok  kji  augjzfvatn  te  : 


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Du  tae  em  haelv0  pjzftt  mae  b0v0rjaeld, 
So  gaar  du  bakum  laavin  seint  ein  kvaeld, 
So  drik  du  b0v0rjaeldn  aend0  ne 
O  seie:  "finst  dae  st0rr0  tosk  aen  e?" 

So  gaar  du  in  o  laese  d0re  att 
O  laka  huvu  dit  ei  hei!0  nat, 
So  staar  du  up  o  spigla  de,  o  sp0r, 
Um  dae  ha  f^nnist  sleke  toska  f0r. 

So  tae  du  taa  de  brok^saelin  daa 
O  finn  ei  maur0tubb0  f0r  o  sjaa 
At  rim^kveisudn  bli  tappa  g0tt, 
O  seie  "styfetj*  tosken  e  ha  m^tt!" 

O  muna  dae  kji,  gaar  du  sta  o  finn 
Ein  sjir0  Valdrisskcflt  i  bein  o  sjinn  — 
"O  kjaer0  Valdris,  vil  du  J01p0  me, 
F0r  e  ha  nok  faat  diktarsjuka  e?" 

So  tae  han  de  i  kragaknappen,  han, 
O  smelle  de  paa  tryne  so  ein  man, 
O  rim  o  dikt,  o  kansji  anna  mae, 
Dae  gaar  nok  alt  i  g!0ym0boke,  dae. 

O.  K.   Fnglei. 


TENISTGUTN 

O  husbon  min  han  ae  no  so  sjikkel^  ein  man, 

At'n  kan  n0k  sletinkji  vnera  baer0. 

E  vil  no  strasv^  jaa'o  dae  bestj^  e  kan; 

E  kan  me  kji  sytilslausar  naer0. 

E  lika'n  njzfk  so  sjele  aavermaat^le  vael; 

Han  sjjzfne  no  so  g0t  paa  arbei  o  paa  trael. 

Jaa  si  ike  menna  x  dae  g^t  o  vaera. 


302  THE   VALDRIS    BOOK 

Han  ae  no  mae  i  arbei  kor  ainast0  dag, 

0  daa  ae  ban  heldan  inkji  Iat0. 

E  sjyr  no  heldan  inkji  dae  stjzfet^  omak, 
E  pla  no  jednast  okso  vaera  kvat0. 
Me  kappast  no  so  mas  cli  me  arbei^  traatt; 
Saa  kvilo'  me  daa  at  so  mykji  mair0. 

N 

1  graaning^n  o  mednadn  staar  e  up,  je  aaikjo  mat, 
Dae  ae  no  dae  fyste  e  jere. 

So  laga  e  me  aat  skoge,  dae  okso  lyt  gaa  rat ; 
E  vil  naule  nokon  ska  kaama  fere, 
O  blakk^n  ae  no  dygtig^  te  raekkji  o  gaa, 
O  vp're'n  berr0  d0vin  so  skuld^  e  jaga  paa. 
Ner  dae  ae  Ij0st  ae  me  kaamne  up  i  aasn. 

O  bjdrske  ae  no  tsela,  men  staa!0  bit0  gcft, 

O  dygtig0  ae  e  no  te  ho'ggp'. 

E  klemme  te  aat  buskun  so  staert  o  so  st^tt ; 

E  vait  at  e  ska  vaera  sn0gg0. 

Dae  ae  rett  inkji  laenji  fpY  e  ba  faat  las, 

Dae  haeve  se  up  f  ramma  so  ain  bane  — 

SHk  ain  stas  bruk0  me  ner  me  kjaair0  bait  or  skoge. 

Dae  halla  no  undaa  ifraa  aase  o  te  gars 

O  blakkjzfn  ban  traava  o  tana ; 

Dae  kan  du  no  tru  att0  ner'n  ae  ret  te  pars 

Daa  ae  dae  inkji  raa  at  ban  stana. 

Set  byman  dae,  so  sikkert  ban  vp'rste  f^rfaerd, 

Han  kunna  inkji  tru  attp  dae  ha  gange  vael. 

Men  slikp'  kar  ae  lansman  te  aka. 

Johannes   Belsheim. 


HAN  ELLEND  SJEL 

Han  Ellend  Sjel  ae  den  staerkast0  mann  so  ha  levt  i  Val- 
dris  paa  mange  mann^minno.  Dae  ha  vist  gange  manga  s0gne 
um'n,  men  dei  ae  no  burtgl^ymda.  mest  alia.  Han  Ellend  va 


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no  kji  taa  dei  so  pro'vp'  styrkjin  sin  paa  kern  dei  sjaa,  o  reis0 
up  sjau  prest^jseld  f0r  o  daenji  up  alle  gokara  so  dei  sjcrtve 
sko  gaa  frikar  al!0stane. 

Han  Ellend  skryttd  kji  stort  taa  maktn  si,  ban,  ska  e  tru. 

Ei  g0ng  dae  kom  te'o  ein  gokar,  so  hadd0  gange  frikar  paa 
alder  so  mange  martna  o  byreiso,  tok  ban  Ellend'n  mae  ein0 
h0ndn  o  snudd0  up-o-ne  paa'o,  lielt'n  stilly  ei  ri,  o  spord0  so 
um'n  vildp  hald0  fre.  Daa  vart  skarv^hallingen  mjuk.  Han 
hadd0  kome  i  springh^pp  ijjzftio  d0re  o  sport  ette'o  Ellend 
Sjel,  men  ban  jekk  utatt  so'n  daengd^  bund  o  gat  alder  dae 


I  1809  va'n  Ellend  mae  i  krie  mae  Svaeri.  Han  va  den 
staerkast0  mann  so  fanst  i  hei!0  haern,  seiist  dae.  Han  vart 
insaett  te  timbermann  o  sme,  o  laut  atve  byrsa  o  matskreppa 
okso  baera  baadp  snikkar  o  smiar  amb0.  Mang  ei  g0ng  haen- 
d0  dae  okso  at  engon  taa  dei  andr0  vart  upjaev,  o  daa  tok'n 
Ellend  jednp'  o  bar  baad0  byrsa  o  matskreppa  deiris  o  rugga 
like  ratt.  Dae  ska  kji  klen  rygg  te  di,  f0r  e  ha  sj01  v0re  syla- 
ter,  so  e  veit  at  dae  ae  mykji  skarv0pargas'n  ska  dra  mae  se 
kor'n  gaar,  o  e  trur  no  slett  inkji  b0re  va  Iattar0  daa  en  no. 

Ei  g0ng  kom  dei  te'n  by  inni  Svaeri,  so  va  f  ul!0  mae  Svenska. 
Dei  va  raedde  dei  n0rsk0,  difdr  hadd0  dei  synst  dae  va  tryg- 
gast  o  slaa  portadn  i  laas.  Injin  va  go  te  faa  up  nokor  d0r, 
men  ban  Ellend  ba  dei  ha  se  ifraa,  greip  mae  baeo  dei  sena- 
baerr0  haendo  si  urn  storslejja  si,  tok  tesprang,  o  slo  so  te  ei 
taa  portdjzfro  so  nagla  o  laas  rjztetjrf.  Dae  kann  vj<l  ha?nd0  at 
Svenskadn  fekk  juling  daa  dei  nj<rsk0  kom  in  i  by'n  te  dei. 

Han  Ellend  kom  vael  heim  ifraa  krie,  o  lev<U<  sia  frclc  paa 
gare  si.  (Authorship  unknown). 


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ERRORS  TO  BE  CORRECTED  IN  THE  VALDR1S 
BOOK 


Page  Line 

9,     25,     cost  should  be  coast. 
26,     25,     sombed  should  be  combed. 
57,     12,     fykle  should  be  fylke. 

89,  after  line  26,  insert :— Sognalag—  E.  R.  Hoppcr- 
stad,  Albert  Lea,  Minn.  J.  B.  Dybevik,  Orford- 
ville,  Wis. 

90,  after  line  31,   insert: — Pope  County  Valdrislag, 
Iyer    Hippe,    Cyrus,    Minn.     O.    H.    Opheim, 
Cyrus,  Minn. 

133,       7,     County's  should  be  country's. 
141,       9,     Grary  should  be  Crary. 
157,     13,     Egen  should  be  Engen. 
160,     21,     Peder  should  be  Knud. 

173,  18,    L.  G.  should  be  G.  L. 

174,  10,     Omit  Md  K.  B.  etc.  and  insert  Dead. 
193,     14,     Kari  should  be  Marit. 

209,     21      and  22,  Karen  Kattevold  should  be  Maren  0ilo. 

209,     23,     Kattevold  should  be  0ilo. 

223,     15,     Omit  Oversea. 

239,       4,     Gnuderson  should  be  Gunderson. 

245,     27,     Altamount  should  ,be  Altamont. 

255,     35,     E.  Aurdal  should  be  S.  Aurdal. 

261,     32,     Otslund  should  be  Ostlund. 

269,       4,     Insert  Mother  before  Barbo. 

272,  Omit   line  4: — Martin  Stegen,   etc. 

274,     11,     H.  B.  should  be  B.  H. 

278,     26,     Hilbert  should  be  Gilbert. 


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